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Productivity and Prosperity

Job Quality in the Metropolitan Areas of the United States

Examines the industrial job mix, the occupational job mix, and job quality in 2015 and the change between 2001 and 2015 for all metropolitan areas. A strong positive relationship is present between metro area size and job quality.

Economic Base Job Quality Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

Job Quality in 2015 and the Change in Job Quality Between 2001 and 2015

Investigates job quality by state, particularly for Arizona and its subregions, relative to the national average. Job quality in 2015 was highest along the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to Virginia, with the western states of Washington, Colorado, and Utah also among the top 10.

Arizona Job Quality Nation Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Public Finance

The Social Security and Medicare Programs: Issues and Possible Solutions

Reviews financial and other issues facing the Social Security and Medicare programs, reviewing a wide range of options that have been proposed by numerous organizations across the political spectrum to resolve the issues. Trust funds of each program are expected to be depleted before 2035.

Nation Social Security & Medicare Public Finance
Arizona Universities

The Contribution of Arizona State University to the Arizona Economy, Fiscal Year 2016

Assesses the contribution of ASU to the Arizona economy based on (1) an economic impact analysis, (2) its net benefits as a provider of higher education, and (3) its research. Fiscal Year 2022 Update:…

Arizona ASU Economic Impact Arizona Universities
Productivity and Prosperity

A Fiscal Comparison of Arizona and Utah

Compares the public finance systems of Arizona and Utah. The public finance system, a component of competitiveness, in Utah is considered to be one of the best in the nation, while Arizona’s system is rated as average to below average.

Arizona Higher Education Finance K-12 Finance Productivity and Prosperity Tax Burden Tax Structure
Productivity and Prosperity

The Performance of the Economies of the Western States and Large Western Metropolitan Areas

Looks at the performance of 10 western states and of the 17 metro areas within these states that have a population of at least one million (including Phoenix and Tucson). During the current economic cycle, Texas ranks first on the cost-of-living-adjusted percent change on all but one of the…

Economic Performance Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

The Performance of the Arizona Economy, Particularly During the Current Cycle

Examines economic performance in Arizona and in subregions of the state in three categories: aggregate growth, prosperity, and productivity. Each of the subregions of Arizona contribute to the state’s low and declining levels of productivity and prosperity relative to the national average.

Arizona Economic Performance Productivity and Prosperity Substates
Public Finance

Tax Reductions in Arizona: Effects on Economic Growth and Government Revenue

Summarizes supply-side economic theory and the Laffer Curve, reviews the tax burden in Arizona after nearly 25 years of tax reductions passed by the Arizona Legislature, and examines the effects of these tax reductions on economic performance and public revenue. Empirical evidence indicates that…

Arizona Economic Growth Supply-Side Economics Tax Burden Public Finance
Public Finance

The Financing of Public Higher Education in Arizona

Investigates revenues for higher education in Arizona by source, with comparisons made to other states and the nation. Public support for higher education—the combination of universities and community colleges—is quite low in Arizona and lower than the historical norm.

Arizona Higher Education Finance Public Finance

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