Thursday, April 07, 2005
Illinois is launching a new plan to help small businesses with their health insurance. Read more.
Higher health care costs depress employment. According to researchers at Dartmouth College, when health insurance premiums increase by 10 percent, the fraction of the population that is employed goes down by 1.4 percent, while the fraction the employed who work full-time goes down by 2.4 percent. Using this relationship, Illinois researchers estimate that Illinois loses 80,000 jobs every time premiums increase 10 percent.
The Dartmouth paper is titled, The Consequences of the Growth of Health Insurance Premiums, Download the paper.
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
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Helping small business with health insurance
