Research

At its heart, community economic development is about understanding place; about working to understand how people live and work in different communities. Our faculty research how economic growth, relocation, and changing labor markets affect the economy of communities across Wisconsin, especially in rural areas. Their research is geared towards informing governments, decisionmakers, business owners and community members. Trying…

Our development economics faculty work on a wide range of issues, from migration to climate change to trust to social capital. Working to apply their analysis to the challenges of an increasingly global economy, they use econometric tools along with behavioral and experimental economics to inform policy worldwide.