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  • Rail~Volution Rides into Pittsburgh

    The 2018 Rail~Volution conference brought together 1,000 transportation stakeholders to discuss transportation challenges and solutions. Increasing access and integrating technology were two areas of focus this year. Read More  

  • Defining the Challenge: Promoting Economic Mobility and Resilience

    To promote economic mobility and resilience among the underserved, an organization must first decide how it defines these terms. The definitions played a prominent role at a recent community development conference. Read how. Read More  

  • A Long Ride to Work: Job Access and the Potential Impact of Ride-Hailing in the Pittsburgh Area

    Whether measured by proximity or commute time, data show that for the average transit rider, jobs are increasingly out of reach. Cleveland Fed researchers explored one solution for improving job access. Here’s your ticket to ride. Read More  

  • From Coal Workers to Computer Coders: New Strategies for Growth in Central Appalachia

    The Central Appalachian region is currently experiencing an economic transition. Philanthropic organizations are working to overcome the region’s challenges by capitalizing on its natural assets. Read More  

  • Internal Migration in the United States: A Comparative Assessment of the Utility of the Consumer Credit Panel

    This paper demonstrates that credit bureau data, such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax (CCP), can be used to study internal migration in the United States. It is comparable to, and in some ways superior to, the standard data used to study migration, including the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) county-to-county migration data. CCP-based estimates of migration intensity, connectivity, and spatial focusing are similar to estimates derived from the ACS, CPS, and IRS data. The CCP can measure block-to-block migration and it is available at quarterly rather than annual frequencies. Migrants’ precise origins are not available in public versions of the ACS, CPS, or IRS data. We report measures of migration from the CCP data at finer geographies and time intervals. Finally, we disaggregate migration flows into first-, second-, and higher-order moves. Individual-level panels in the CCP make this possible, giving the CCP an additional advantage over the ACS, CPS, or publicly available IRS data. Read More