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April 16, 2012

Experts: No right choice for women about work, being at home with kids: Chris Briem in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 10:39 am ET

Monday, April 16, 2011
By Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Experts: No right choice for women about work, being at home with kids

Regional Economist Chris Briem provides insight into the women workforce in Pittsburgh

"Women in Pittsburgh make up more than half of the region's work force, up from about 37 percent in 1980."

Read more here.

April 12, 2012

Region may have found cure for decades-long 'brain drain' : Chris Briem in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 10:39 am ET

Thursday, April 12, 2011
By Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Region may have found cure for decades-long 'brain drain'

Regional Economist Chris Briem provides insight on the 1980s out-migration from Pittsburgh.

"Western Pennsylvania began suffering an 'inordinate' job and population decline when the domestic steel industry began to suffer in the 1980s."

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April 08, 2012

Western Pennsylvania's census gain driven by jobs : Chris Briem in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2012 at 06:31 pm ET

Sunday, April 8, 2011
By Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Western Pennsylvania's census gain driven by jobs

Economist Chris Briem is quoted regarding migration into Allegheny County.

"I don't think there has been any sustained migration into Allegheny since the 1920s?"

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