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Changing demographics, work habits, and the importance of education are affecting the face and prosperity of the Minneapolis Fed region’s workforce and economy.

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Staff Reports
Implications of Increasing College Attainment for Aging in General Equilibrium
Juan Carlos Conesa | Stony Brook University Timothy J. Kehoe | Consultant Vegard M. Nygaard | University of Houston Gajendran Raveendranathan | McMaster University
January 14, 2020
Research
Recipe for growth? Just add workers
Ronald A. Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
December 23, 2019
Article
Institute paper key images
Spatial Wage Gaps in Frictional Labor Markets
Sebastian Heise | Federal Reserve Bank of New York Tommaso Porzio | Visiting Scholar, Institute
December 23, 2019
Research
Institute paper key images
Manning Up and Womaning Down: How Husbands and Wives Report Earnings When She Earns More
Marta Murray-Close | U.S. Census Bureau Misty Heggeness | Visiting Scholar, Institute
December 10, 2019
Research
Working Papers
Labor Market Trends and the Changing Value of Time
Job Boerma | Research Analyst Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
September 20, 2019
Research
Conversations with The Fed
Investing in Minnesota’s workforce infrastructure: Early care and education as economic development
Rob Grunewald | Economist
September 5, 2019
Event
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Billings Community Data Profile
Ben Horowitz | Community Development Project Manager
September 4, 2019
Article
Economic forecast in Minnesota's northwoods: Sunny with a few clouds
Ronald A. Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
July 12, 2019
Article
Messages
WSJ Op-Ed: Unemployment Isn’t What It Used to Be
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
May 9, 2019
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Unemployment insurance’s roots lie in Ninth District
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
May 8, 2019
Article
Has the U.S. economy stagnated because its work force aged?
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
April 23, 2019
Article
How much opportunity is embedded in your economy?
Keith Wardrip | Community Development Research Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Kyle Fee | Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Lisa Nelson | Community Development Research Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
April 17, 2019
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