Center for Regional Economics and California Center

Recalibrating Workforce Development Across California

7 Jan 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has had far-reaching consequences, including the upending of traditional work systems and the continued exacerbation of existing inequities in California’s economic landscape. Vulnerable communities have experienced the...

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Matt Horton and Ivana Wang

7 Jan 2021

News Release

Massachusetts Is the Best State for Technology and Science, Says Milken Institute

12 Nov 2020

New index uses 105 metrics to determine state knowledge economies Los Angeles – Nov. 12, 2020 – Massachusetts ranks No. 1 in the 2020 Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index. The biennial assessment uses 105 metrics to determine...

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Milken Institute

Research and Data Tools

State Technology and Science Index 2020

11 Nov 2020

The State Technology and Science Index (STSI) provides a benchmark for evaluating the knowledge economies of all 50 US states. The index compares each state’s capacity for attaining prosperity through science discovery and technological...

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Report

Women in the Workforce: How California Measures Up

11 Oct 2020

California is one of the world’s largest economies, home to 53 of the Fortune 500 companies and a leader in industries ranging from agriculture to financial services, tourism, and technology. However, strong economic performance is not...

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Jessica Jackson

Formerly Milken Institute

Report

Preparing California for the Future of Work: Creating Equity by Addressing the Access Gap

11 Oct 2020

This report focuses on how the public and private sector workforce systems in California have adapted to technological change in the past and how current innovative projects are supporting adaptation, especially in the private sector. It...

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Matt Horton, Michael Bernick, Jennifer Lovett, and Misael Galdamez

11 Oct 2020

Policy Brief

In a Vulnerable State: Hispanic Essential Workers in California

16 Sep 2020

Using 2019 Current Population Survey data, this policy brief examines California’s essential workforce by race, occupation and benefits. This analysis demonstrates that Hispanic essential workers are particularly vulnerable due to their...

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Charlotte Kesteven

Formerly Milken Institute

Ensuring Small Businesses Receive More Care (and Cash) in the COVID Economy

22 Apr 2020

Amid the catastrophic effects caused by COVID-19, the collapse of small businesses remains one of the most worrisome. These firms, which account for 44% of the U.S. economy and two in three jobs, typically have only two weeks in cash...

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Report

Examining Arizona’s Technology and Research Initiative Fund

14 Apr 2020

In November 2000, voters passed Proposition 301 in the state of Arizona. The initiative not only approved a 0.6 percent increase in the state’s sales tax earmarked for K-12 education, community college, and Arizona’s three public...

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Here’s What Small Business Owners and Government Must Do Now to Survive the COVID-19 Crisis and Rebound

14 Apr 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak is decimating the global economy with company shutdowns and soaring unemployment. But in its aftermath, the world must be ready to rebound quickly. Small business and government can jumpstart this recovery by taking...

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News Release

Milken Institute Advises Small Business Owners on Actions Needed Now to Survive Crisis

14 Apr 2020

Relief proposals need to be expanded, says executive director LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2020-- The Milken Institute is advising small business owners to take specific actions immediately while calling for more ambitious government relief...

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Kevin Klowden

Senior Fellow, Milken Institute Finance

Kevin Klowden is a senior fellow at Milken Institute Finance. He specializes in the study of key factors that underlie the development of competitive regional economies (clusters of innovation, patterns of trade and investment, and concentration of skilled labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and, in turn, affect regional economies both globally and nationally.

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