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Why Cincinnati Lags the Nation in Job Growth

While the national economy is beginning to show some new life, most economists agree that a sustained recovery will require steady increases in employment. The same is true locally. So, how has the Cincinnati area fared on the employment front?

Pulse on the Economy, Research
Research Newsletter
Public Schools and Communities they Serve

The issue of school funding is a prominent issue in our region. Why?

The issue of school funding in our region has become prominent in the news as the Little Miami School District pursued its fourth consecutive failing levy in a little over a year, and numerous other districts are also considering levies. The issue highlights the complex relationship between public schools and the communities they serve and raises important questions about public school funding, equity and outcomes. According to the Ohio Department of Taxation, local communities provide nearly half of all statewide school funding, primarily from property taxes. Certainly, this implies that communities with lower real estate values will have a smaller tax base with which to fund their public schools.

Districts, Funding, School Levy, Research
Research Newsletter
What do workforce indicators say about Cincinnati?

Does the Cincinnati region fit in with Ohio’s image?

Recently, the Economics Center’s research team tackled the question of how Cincinnati’s workforce compares to Ohio’s image. Often, perceptions of Ohio are dominated by its association with the Rust Belt and its history of agriculture. While “Ohio” is often thought of as being strongly influenced by the three “C”s – Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus – these three areas are much different from each other and from Ohio as a whole. So how does Cincinnati distinguish itself from Ohio? What are the characteristics of the region’s workforce? How is Cincinnati progressing compared to Ohio as a whole? To answer these questions the Center’s team looked at workforce trends in the region.

Workforce, Research
Video
Store closes at Cincinnati Premium Outlets, can mall remain viable?

Jennifer Pitzer, PhD talks with Fox19 News reporter Tiffany Teasley about the viability of outlet malls.

Research
Video
Seasonal Jobs

Channel Fox19 News reports on the vacancy rates of Season Jobs in Cincinnati

Research
Video
Economic Signs That Things Could Be Getting Better

Jennifer Pitzer, PhD speaks with the Business Courier's Doug Bolton on Fifth Third Bank's Business Beat segment about the economy.

Research
Video
Are we out of the recession?

Economics Center's Director, George Vredeveld, PhD. speaks with Crystal Faulkner from Cooney Faulkner & Stevens, LLC on Fifth Third Bank's Business Beat segment about the state of the economy.

Research
Media Coverage
Cinton? Daynati? We're one city now

By Eric Bradley
ebradley@enquirer.com

A furious rush to the middle during the last two decades has transformed the land between Cincinnati and Dayton.

Fleeing income taxes and the problems of established cities, and seeking the suburban dream, people and then businesses flocked to Butler and Warren counties, attracted as if by magnetic force to the expanses of available land around what has become the region's Main Street, Interstate 75.

Online Publications, Research
Media Coverage
Our Area Weathered The Storm Fairly Well

Now that some of the worst economic news seems to be over, it is instructive to look at how Cincinnati did over the past few years. Our Economics Center looked at indicators critical to the well-being of a region. We selected eight metro areas for comparison: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Minneapolis, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Memphis and Salt Lake City. We also compared the Cincinnati metropolitan area to the nation as a whole.

Pulse on the Economy, Research
Press Release
New Resource: Commercial Property Value and TIF Revenue Forecasting Tool

The Economics Center created an analytical tool to forecast commercial property values and TIF revenues for TIF districts in Deerfield Township. This tool is simple and dynamic, requiring a minimum amount of user input but still flexible in constructing optimistic and pessimistic forecasts to approximate a variety of underlying conditions.

The Economics Center analyzed data from 30 local taxing districts to construct the tool, which generates a current year estimate and a 10-year forecast of total TIF revenues.

Research