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Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (PEQ) Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (PEQ) Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (PEQ)

"Coverage of economic conditions and changes in the Pittsburgh regional economy"
A product of our Urban and Regional Analysis Program
Editor:  Sabina Deitrick, PhD
Assistant Editor:  Anna Aivaliotis

Issue Archive

Issue Contents
March 2012 March 2012
  • Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change in Pittsburgh´s Labor Force
  • Who Moves to Lawrenceville and Why?
  • UCSUR´s Quality of Life Survey
  • City of Pittsburgh Property Assessment Impacts

 

December 2011 December 2011
  • Foreclosure, Vacancy and Crime
  • Transit and Commuting Patterns in Southwestern Pennsylvania
  • Updated Population Migration Report
September 2011 September 2011
  • Demographic Features of Neighborhood Change in Pittsburgh
  • Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Illegal Dump Survey Program
  • Foreclosures in Pittsburgh´s Hilltop Neighborhoods
  • Fall 2011 Urban and Regional Brown Bag Seminar Series
June 2011 June 2011
  • The Supply and Demand of Affordable Housing in Allegheny County
  • City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Profiles
  • Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System Users Conference
  • UCSUR Names Recipients of Eleventh Annual Steven D. Manners Awards
March 2011 March 2011
  • The Impact of Veterans Returning to the Pittsburgh Region
  • A New Era Begins:  Major Report Investigates Pittsburgh´s Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Allegheny County Snapshot - Where New Residents are Moving
  • Urban and Regional Analysis Program Welcomes New Staff Members Doug Heuck and Milana Nick

 

December 2010 December 2010
  • Alternative Measures of Unemployment in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Vanpooling in Pennsylvania
  • First Census Tract Level Data Released by the American Community Survey
  • Urban and Regional Analysis Program Announcing Spring Brown Bag Seminar Speakers
September 2010 September 2010
  • Racial Disparities in Financial Exploitation of Older Adults in Allegheny County
  • Real Estate Owned Property and Impacts on Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh
  • Student Tackle Urban and Regional Projects
June 2010 June 2010
  • 2010 Census and Redistricting
  • Higher Education Enrollment and Graduation Trends in the Pittsburgh Region
  • PNCIS Users Conference
  • UCSUR Names Recipients of Tenth Annual Steven D. Manners Awards
  • John G. Craig, Jr., In Memoriam
March 2010 March 2010
  • Pittsburgh´s Role in National Emergency Preparedness
  • Educational Attainment in the Pittsburgh Regional Workforce
  • Property Tax Collection and Neighborhoods
  • PNCIS User Conference

 

December 2009 December 2009
  • 2010 Census Almost Here: Or, All You Want to Know About the Upcoming Census but Were Afraid to Ask
  • Unemployment in Pittsburgh by Educational Attainment in the Current Recession
  • The Challenges of Vacant Property: New Data and Information Available Through the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System
September 2009 September 2009
  • Older People in the Pittsburgh Region: Impacts and Opportunities
  • The Pittsburgh Regional Business Coalition for Homeland Security (PRBCHS)
  • Migration Update
June 2009 June 2009
  • Recent Trends in Manufacturing Employment
  • Foreclosures and their Impact in the Pittsburgh Regional Economy
  • UCSUR Names Recipients of Ninth Annual Steven D. Manners Awards
March 2009 March 2009
  • More than Support and Services: The Nonprofit Sector as an Economic Asset
  • Clean Energy and the Pittsburgh Region

 

December 2008 December 2008
  • Recessions and Pittsburgh
  • Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System Posts Election Data
October 2008 October 2008
  • New Disaster Modeling System Assists in Emergency Planning
  • Internal Migration Within Southwestern Pennsylvania: Update for 2007
  • Survey Research Program and Qualitative Analysis Program Enhance Capabilities
  • Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System Joins National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
June 2008 June 2008
  • Old Folks not at Home: New Scenarios for Senior Workers
  • Profile of Pittsburgh´s Population Not in the Labor Force
  • Pennsylvania´s Population Growth Crescent
  • Students Tackle Urban and Regional Projects
March 2008 March 2008
  • Fiscal Health of Municipalities in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Trends in Foreign Trade and the Pittsburgh Region
  • Foreclosures in Allegheny County

 

December 2007 December 2007
  • Living Arrangements of the Elderly in Pittsburgh
  • Comprehensive Planning and Affordable Housing
  • Update on the Pittsburgh Regional Indicator Project
  • Pennsylvania Geospacial Policy Symposium
September 2007 September 2007
  • Pittsburgh´s Racial Demographics: Differences and Disparities
  • Who Moves to the Pittsburgh Region by Occupation?
  • UCSUR QDAP Director Stuart Shulman Named Director of Sarah Fine Institute
June 2007 June 2007
  • The Impact of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers on the Pittsburgh Regional Economy
  • Census 2000 Special EEO Data for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Region
  • Migration Update for the Pittsburgh Region, 2000-2006
March 2007 March 2007
  • Diversity Among Pennsylvania State Boards
  • Pittsburgh´s Stealth Nuclear Industry
  • Announcing UCSUR´s Qualitative Data Analysis Program
  • Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System Update

 

December 2006 December 2006
  • Gender Wage Disparity in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Allegheny County Economic Trends
  • Pittsburgh Region Sees Rising Unemployment for Black Women
September 2006 September 2006
  • The Nonprofit Sector in the City of Pittsburgh
  • Forecasting the Pennsylvania Economy
  • Pittsburgh Neigborhood and Community Information System Launched
  • UCSUR at Center of New Regional Indicator Site
June 2006 June 2006
  • Allegheny County Demographic and Housing Trends
  • Halfway to 2010: Projected Reapportionment Impacts in Pennsylvania
  • Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards
  • Pittsburgh Foreign-Born Population, 2000
March 2006 March 2006
  • The Case for Latino Immigration
  • Who Works Downtown?
  • Recent Migration Trends in Pittsburgh: July 1, 2003 - July 1, 2004
  • The Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Indicators Consortium

 

December 2005 December 2005
  • The Roots of Pittsburgh´s Financial Crisis
  • Daytime Population in the City of Pittsburgh
  • UCSUR to Launch New Research Program
September 2005 September 2005
  • Neighborhood Characteristics and Satisfaction in Allegheny County
  • UCSUR REMI Forecast for the Pittsburgh Region
  • 2005 Steven Manners Faculty Development Awards Winners
  • Trends in Property Tax Revenues for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Region
  • Highlights from the American Housing Survey: Neighborhood and Housing Choice of Recent Movers in Pittsburgh
June 2005 June 2005
  • The Pittsburgh Cluster of Suppliers to the Steel Industry: A Cluster Under a Bushel Basket
  • Retail Trade in Pittsburgh
  • Population Change in the Pittsburgh Region, 2000-2004
March 2005 March 2005
  • Thornburgh Archives at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Prime Opportunities for Minority Contracting
  • Elderly Workers in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Biotechnology in Pittsburgh: Report of a Survey

 

December 2004 December 2004
  • Disabilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania
  • Public Transportation Usage and Satisfaction in Allegheny County
  • UCSUR Sponsors International Biotech Workshop
  • Employment Dynamics in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Elderly Migration Between Pittsburgh and Florida
September 2004 September 2004
  • Research in Industry Studies
  • Why Recent Hires Came to Pittsburgh
  • Single Person Firms in the Pittsburgh Region
  • City of Pittsburgh Employment Patterns
June 2004 June 2004
  • Diversity Among Elected Officials in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Predictors of Regional Perceptions and Intention to Relocate
  • Unionization Trends in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Need for Senior Services Among Elderly in Allegheny County
March 2004 March 2004
  • If Act 47 Can Trump Act 111, Maybe Pittsburgh Can Return to Fiscal Health
  • Socio-demographic Differences in Regional Perceptions
  • Pittsburgh Quality of Life Survey
  • Benchmarks Findings on African Americans
  • Pittsburgh´s Women: Educated but Underemployed and Underpaid

 

December 2003 December 2003
  • UCSUR Introduces Quality of Life Survey
  • Pittsburgh College Graduates: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
  • Population Change in the Pittsburgh Region, 2000-2002
  • Differences in Prescription Drug Coverage by Race Among Older Adults in Allegheny County
June 2003 June 2003
  • Pittsburgh Women Close Labor Force Gap
  • Millions of Firms to Get 2002 Economic Census Forms
  • Armstrong County Joins Pittsburgh Region
  • Stability and Affordability Characterize Pittsburgh´s Housing Market
  • Oakland Presents Unique Economic Characteristics

 

June 2002 June 2002
  • Regional Population Changes, 2000-2001
  • New From the Census: The American Community Survey
  • Grandparents as Caregivers
  • Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Age and Labor Force
March 2002 March 2002
  • Local Recession Impacts
  • Pennsylvania Population Growth, 2000-2001
  • Road Congestion in Pittsburgh
  • Location Quotients
  • Natural Gas Prices

 

December 2001 December 2001
  • Wage Levels in Pittsburgh
  • Economic Impact Analysis: Airline Layoffs
  • Technology Innovations- New Patents
  • Youth Migration Rates in the Pittsburgh Region
  • Census 2000: Housing Vacancy Rates
  • Minority and Women Business Enterprises Update
June 2001 June 2001
  • Forecasting the Regional Economy
  • Student Migration to Pennsylvania
  • Internal Migration Within the Pittsburgh Region
  • The State of the Environment in Allegheny County: Land, Water and Air
  • Population Changes in Pennsylvania, 1990-2000
  • Local Government Employment
  • Minority and Women Business Enterprises Update
March 2001 March 2001
  • Electricity Generation in Pennsylvania
  • Census 2000 Begins Release of Data
  • Economic Impact Analysis Part 2: Regional Exports
  • Retail Employment Cycle and the Holidays
  • Human Capital Policy Initiative

 

September 2000 September 2000
  • Airlines in the Regional Economy
  • Who Lives Downtown?
  • Employment Changes in Manufacturing
  • Unemployment Rate Dropped
  • Occupations in the Airline Industry
  • Economic Impact Analysis Part 1: Industry Multipliers
  • Where do People Moving Out of Pittsburgh Go?
June 2000 June 2000
  • Out-Migration Steady in Region
  • What is Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly?
  • Elderly Population Continues to Decrease
  • How Low is International Migration?
  • Employment Changes in 1999
  • Construction Employment Surges
  • Unemployment Rate Heading Lower

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