EVENTS

Offshorability of Pennsylvania Jobs: What are the Risks?

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 09:37

On July 17, 2010, Rose Baker, David Passmore, and Ki Seok Jeon presented a session, "Offshorability of Pennsylvania Jobs: What are the Risks?," at the 2010 Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board Symposium held at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania. A web site containing slides from that presentation, a downloadable copy of this report from the Social Science Research Network, a series of “on the street” video interviews containing reactions to offshoring, and an online discussion forum is provided.

Offshoring commonly refers to the movement of

The 58th Annual Economic Outlook Conference at University of Michigan

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Fri, 2011-03-11 09:15

RSQE ConferenceRose Baker and David Passmore attended the University of Michigan’s 58th Annual Economic Outlook Conference, which took place in Ann Arbor on November 18–19, 2010. The Conference Program included: U.S. Economic Outlook; Analysis of Consumer Attitudes and Confidence; Prospects for Small Business; Monetary and Fiscal Policy; Housing Markets; European Economy; and Economic Outlook and Policy for Michigan and the Midwest. The Big 10 Network will run a feature on the conference during the college football bowl season. A thirty second video summary of the conference is available below.

Highlights

Videos from 2nd Annual ShaleNET Conference

Submitted by davidpassmore
on Wed, 2011-03-09 13:49

ShaleNETPersonnel from the Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted nine video interviews with participants in the ShaleNET Marcellus Shale Workforce Forum held on December 6, 2010. These interviews are available for viewing. The conference program is available at http://ShaleNET.notlong.com.

The Development of Marcellus Shale is truly progressing with incredible speed. Several estimates put the number of Marcellus Shale drilling rigs between 160 and 200 before the end of 2010. Rig counts are already up more than 177% over last year.

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