View our academic research, reports, and blog posts that tackle issues of economic and racial inclusion—all in one place.

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Employment Education and Training
- Minimum Wage Increases and Vacancies
- When Benefits Cliffs Turn Raises into Penalties, Local and National Efforts Help Workers and Employers Navigate Options
- On the Distributional Effects of International Tariffs
- Missed Connections in Cleveland: The Disconnect Between Job Access and Employment
- How the Pandemic Has Reshaped Economic Inclusion in the United States
Housing and Neighborhoods
- Research [in] Brief: Manufacturing Jobs Still Pay Well for Some
- Research [in] Brief: Why Do Black and White Households Still Live in Such Different Neighborhoods?
- The Racial Wealth Gap and Access to Opportunity Neighborhoods
- Feedback Appreciated: What Community Members Told Us about Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
- CRA, Racism & the Federal Reserve: A Midwest Perspective
Small Business
- Small Business Credit Survey 2022 Report on Employer Firms
- Smallest Firms Reveal Barriers to Economic Inclusion: Lessons from Pandemic Support Programs
- Small Businesses in Our Region Appear to Have Had Greater Access to Traditional Credit Compared to the Nation...but Inequalities among Firms Persist
- Small Business Credit Survey 2021 Report on Nonemployer Firms
- How Well Did PPP Loans Reach Low- and Moderate-Income Communities?
Other Related Work
- Community Issues and Insights 2022
- Age-adjusted COVID-19 Mortality Rates by Demographic Groups
- Has Bank Consolidation Changed People’s Access to a Full-Service Bank Branch?
- Community Issues and Insights 2021
- Feedback Appreciated: What Community Members Told Us about Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)