Year: 2000

On the Health Insurance Dilemma (2000)

The study’s findings documented the following: Only 52% of small rural businesses offered their full-time employees health insurance coverage. Only 4% of these same businesses offered insurance to their parttime employees. Over 40% of small rural businesses reported health insurance premium increases of 20% or more in the past 12 months. In addition to the ...

The Need is Now: Dealing with Minnesota’s Teacher Shortage (2000)

Hundreds of Minnesota urban, suburban and rural principals had major problems when they tried to hire strong teachers for the current school year. Their experiences and their suggestions about what should be done to attract and retain strong teachers open this report. We offer the views of 710 Minnesota public school principals, representing schools serving ...

Estimating the Economic Impact of the Latino Workforce in South-Central Minnesota (2000)

The nine counties comprising the Region Nine Planning District in southern Minnesota were studied to determine the economic impact of the area’s growing Latino population. Using input output analysis, a method that measures both the direct economic impacts and the indirect effects of links to other firms and households in an area, it was determined ...