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Direct linkBartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004
This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of the local workforce, and secondarily by increasing local innovative ideas. These economic development…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Development, Educational Benefits, Labor Force Development
