Hundreds of millions of dollars are allocated annually to California through the federal Workforce Investment Act, and most local Workforce Investment Boards report spending far less on job training than on employment services at One-Stop Career Centers.
Resource Category: Economics (CA)
Are Big Banks Failing Consumers?
This report examines the six largest banks in California to evaluate the extent to which bank products and services are accessible to California’s under-served communities.
Business Relocation & Homegrown Jobs
Relocation accounts for a smaller share of job gains and losses in California than in most other states, in part because most California businesses lie far from the border of neighboring states.
Microenterprises in the Economy
A Senate Office of Research report concerning the microenterprise sector in California, the number of microenterprises in California, the number of persons employed and jobs created by them, share of workforce in urban and rural counties, and changes in state/federal tax revenues due to the sector.
Policy Needs for Rural California
USDA Rural Development hosted forty-three forums across California and connected with almost 900 Californians from all reaches of the state, who voiced their issues and shared their ideas for stimulating their local economies and creating jobs.
Do Enterprise Zones Create Jobs?
In this Public Policy Institute of California report, the authors assess the degree to which the state’s largest economic development program has met its most important goal: creating employment.