Ziona Austrian is the Director of the Center for Economic Development and a College Fellow at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland State University. She is responsible for overall vision, direction, planning, administration, and budgetary functions of the Center for Economic Development. Dr. Austrian has over 25 years of experience in applied research, project management, and technical assistance. She works with policy makers, civic leaders, and funders at the local, regional, state, and federal levels on research and policy issues focusing on urban and regional economies, industrial clusters, high-tech economy, regional indicators, economic impact, economic development strategy and policy, and evaluation of economic development initiatives. She also manages a statewide network of urban and rural universities that are collaborating to maintain and use for research and analysis the Ohio Economic Development Information (QCEW) Database. Dr. Austrian has been teaching a graduate-level course on economic development: plans and strategies, which includes economic impact modeling. Dr. Austrian has published several articles in refereed journals as well as book chapters. She is the author of numerous reports and working papers. Before joining Cleveland State University, Dr. Austrian worked at Case Western Reserve University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Case Western Reserve University and a B.A. in Economics from Tel Aviv University. Areas of Expertise: Best Practices and Benchmarking Studies Data Usage and Analysis Economic Development Economic Development Strategy Economic Impact Analysis Evaluation of Economic Development Initiatives Industry Analysis Industry clusters Industrial restructuring Occupational Analysis Program Evaluations Assessments & Development Regional Economic Analysis Technology-Based Economic Development
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The Civic Innovation Lab: Economic Impact, Urban Faculty Publications (2009)
The services provided to entrepreneurs through funding and mentoring between 2004 and 2008 by the...
The Likely Impact of Mandated Paid Sick and Family-Care Leave on the Economy and Economic Development Prospects of the State of Ohio (with Hill W. Edward, Spence Christopher, and Daila Shimek), Urban Faculty Publications (2008)
This report analyzes the potential impact of a proposed paid sick and family care leave...
Northeast Ohio Employment and Wage Trends: Economic Brief, January 2006, Urban Faculty Publications (2006)
This brief is a second release of a publication that provides a broad overview of...
Northeast Ohio Employment and Wage Trends: Economic Brief, Winter 2005, Urban Faculty Publications (2005)
This brief is the first release of a quarterly publication that will provide a broad...
The Insurance Cluster in Northeast Ohio: A Briefing Paper, Urban Faculty Publications (1998)
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the Insurance cluster in...