Economy - Research & Publications
All of Sightline's research, maps, and publications on how northwesterners are really faring economically.
Here's a catalog of Sightline's research--including books, reports, and articles--on economic security, and how to better measure how average northwesterners are faring.
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04/27/2008
Fact sheet
Green-Collar Jobs: Path out of poverty?
“Green-collar jobs”—a term that refers to manual-labor jobs in rapidly growing green industries–has the potential to speed progress on two deeply rooted problems at once: to reduce our society’s impact on the planet, while lifting people out of poverty. -
06/12/2007
Fact sheet
2007 Economy Indicator - At a Glance
Even while the Dow has soared, ordinary northwesterners aren't better off. -
06/01/2003
Report
Falling Behind
An analysis of economic security in the Northwest during the "boom" of the 1990s, with a look at why unemployment and poverty rose during the so-called "boom" years. -
06/01/2003
Fact sheet
Falling Behind - Regional fact sheet (pdf)
A state-by-province fact sheet on how BC, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are doing at economic security. -
06/01/1999
Book
Green Collar Jobs
A look at the Northwest's changing economy by chronicling the stories of five communities: Ketchikan, Alaska; Bend, Oregon; Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; Hayfork, California; and Boonville, California.
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