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Economic Contribution of the Green Industry for Colorado in 2024: A 2026 Update

  • August 2026
Colorado’s allied Green industry generated between $6.54 billion and $11.29 billion in total economic activity in 2024, including $3.74 billion to $6.42 billion in direct industry output. The industry supported between 39,890 and 68,279 jobs statewide, generated $2.45–4.23 billion in labor income, and contributed $4.21–7.10 billion in value added to Colorado’s economy.…
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Wage Disparities Among Mexican Indigenous Farmworkers in the U.S. Agricultural Sector

  • June 2024
There is a wage gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Mexican-born farmworkers with indigenous workers taking home 5.25% less in pay. Lower education levels, fewer years of farmwork experience, higher proportions of undocumented status, and lower English proficiency are among the factors contributing to the wage gap.…
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Coloradans’ Views on Farm Labor: A Closer Look at the 2022 Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Colorado Agriculture Survey

  • January 2024
Approximately 98% of Coloradans surveyed agreed that Colorado’s food and ag industry is important to the state’s future economic development. Over 75% feel that it is very or somewhat important that farm/ranch labor is treated fairly in terms of pay and working conditions when making food purchasing decisions.…
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The Role of Bank and Non-Bank Lenders in making Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans to Small Businesses in Fort Collins, CO.

  • July 2023
This research focuses on small businesses in Fort Collins, CO that received loans through the PPP. We find that non-bank lenders (LLCs and credit unions) were an important source of loans, especially for the “smallest” businesses (those with 5 or fewer employees) that received loans at later stages of the loan disbursement process.…
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Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Experience: 1980-2020

  • June 2021
• Data from the US Department of Labor provide a useful historical look at a number of important components of state unemployment insurance programs, including average benefit levels, tax rates, number of exhaustions, and recipiency rates. • Compared to other states, Colorado is roughly average in a number of metrics, including recipiency, benefit adequacy, and financing – arguably the three most important areas in which to judge a social insurance program.…
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The Great Recession and the Startup Slowdown

  • June 2017
The Great Recession caused an unprecedented downturn in employer startups. The “startup slowdown” shifts job generation away from dynamic, young businesses, increasing the economy’s reliance on existing establishments to expand. The downturn in startups also contributes to a decrease in economic dynamism, a crucial source of market information for future entrepreneurs.…
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Local Labor Market Inequality and Mass Incarceration

  • October 2019
Using local-level data on incarceration rates by race, we explore the relationship between income inequality, poverty, and incarceration at the commuting zone level from 1950 to the present. We find that labor markets with higher levels of inequality experienced larger increases in overall incarceration, and that relative rates of poverty play a key role in explaining the differential effects of mass incarceration across race.…
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