Founded in 1945, the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is an independent research organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

. Its purpose is to find and promote solutions to employment-related problems.

Background

The Upjohn Institute is an activity of the W. E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation which was established in 1932 by Dr. W. E. Upjohn, founder of the Upjohn Company. The Trustee Corporation established the Upjohn Institute in 1945 for the purpose of "conducting research into the causes and effects of unemployment and measures for the alleviation of unemployment." Today, with a staff of nearly 60 employees, the institute not only conducts and funds research into a variety of employment-related issues, it also administers all of the federal and state employment programs in Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan. In addition, the Institute performs program design and evaluations for government entities worldwide.

Staff

• Randall W. Eberts, President
• Kevin Hollenbeck, Vice President and Senior Economist
• Robert A. Straits, Administrator, W.E. Upjohn Institute and Director, Kalamazoo-St. Joseph MichiganWorks! Service Delivery Area
• Timothy J. Bartik
  Timothy J. Bartik
  Timothy J. Bartik is an American economist who specializes in regional economics, public finance, urban economics, labor economics, and labor demand policies. He is a senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Kalamazoo, Michigan....
  
  , Senior Economist
• George Erickcek, Senior Regional Analyst
• Susan N. Houseman, Senior Economist
• H. Allan Hunt, Senior Economist
• Marta Lachowska, Economist
• Christopher J. O'Leary, Senior Economist
• Stephen A. Woodbury, Senior Economist