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Title: Labor Market Analysis of the Kenosha, Wisconsin Region

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Kenosha County is located in one of the largest labor markets in the countrythe Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Areawhich affords its citizens access to metro-city amenities and its industries access to suppliers and national and global markets. The county has a history of production and a workforce that has transitioned and re-skilled as industries changed. The workforce that was trained a half century ago or more for the manufacture of carriages and wagons, brass, hosiery, automobiles, and engine parts is now trained at Kenoshas educational institutions for jobs in food, lighting, plastics, and paper products manufacturing (to name a few), as well as for jobs in warehousing, distribution, and health care. The county offers acreage for business expansion as well as industrial space to accommodate location/relocation decisions. Kenoshas quandary, like so many other areas, is whether it will have the labor supply to sustain and grow its industry base. The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the current labor market environment in Kenosha County and, based on this analysis, recommend actions that the countys economic development and workforce development community can take to attract and grow tomorrows workforce

Url: http://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=reports

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Authors: Bommersbach, Bryan; Edgerly, Don; Erickcek, George; Pittelko, Brian; Robey, Claudette

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn institute

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Methodology and Data Collection, Other

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