Education::Surveys & Reports

Manufacturing Brief: Trends in manufacturing industries in Northeast Ohio, produced by the Center for Economic Development, Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin Collect of Urban Affairs, spsonsored by MAGNET and the U.S. Economic Development Association, November 2007, (PDF, 812k)

This six-page, illustrated color brief provides a quick, current and informative report on trends in employment, wages and output for major manufacturing industries. This report updates the two previously published briefs with data from the first quarter of 2006. It also provides more detailed sub-regional analysis.

MAGNET-Commissioned

Perceptions of Manufacturing Employment Among Young People in Northeast Ohio, November 2006
Manufacturing Brief: Trends in Manufacturing Industries in Northeast Ohio, Center for Economic Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs; May 2006
Manufacturing Brief: Trends in Manufacturing Industries in Northeast Ohio, Center for Economic Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs; October 2006

Regional and State

Ohio's Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, Edward W. Hill, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, 2001
The AdvanceOhio Manufacturers: Workforce Survey Project, Ohio Manufacturers Association et. al., June 2005

National and International

A Leaner More Skilled U.S. Manufacturing Workforce, Richard Deitz and James Orr, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; February / March 2006
Manufacturing 2006 Executive Brief, Industry Week / Manufacturing Performance Institute; 2006
Global Skills Report 2006, Talent in the 21st Century, Where in the World Is It, Brainbench; Fall 2006
Global Manufacturing 2006 - 2014 How shall we define success? Bill Ward, Center for International Trade, Clemson University
Tough Choices Tough Times, National Center on Education and the Economy
National Association of Manufacturers Small Manufacturers Operating Survey; 2006