>Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 22:55:54 -0800 (PST) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >From: Carol Zabin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of Michael Eisenscher ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >To: Labor Research and Action Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Job Announcement: LA Research Director >Mime-Version: 1.0 >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-To: (Recipient list suppressed) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >JOB ANNOUNCEMENT > >Research Director >UCLA-TIDC Subsidy Accountability Project > >Project Description >The Subsidy Accountability Project is a research and organizing project that >aims to increase accountability in the awarding of subsidies to private >business for economic development. The project is funded by the Ford and >Rosenberg Foundation for two years through August of 1999. Part of a >national movement for corporate accountability, the project involves a >comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of local public expenditures >for job creation in the Los Angeles region. The intent of the research is >to increase public understanding of government subsidies to businesses and >propose ways to make this spending more beneficial to workers and poor >communities in Los Angeles. > >This is a joint project of the Tourism Industry Development Council (TIDC) >and the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. TIDC is a labor and >community supported non-profit organization that spearheaded the campaign >for a Living Wage Ordinance in Los Angeles, which was approved by the LA >City Council in 1997. TIDC is dedicated to promoting policies and >organizing campaigns that improve working conditions and wages for low-wage >workers in the LA region. The UCLA Labor Center carries out research and >training for labor unions and supports a vital, progressive trade union >movement in the Los Angeles region. > >Job Description >The Research Director will supervise and develop the methodology for an >evaluation of the impact of business subsidies in the Los Angeles region. >The research team will include a dedicated TIDC staff researcher and a team >of UCLA graduate students. The Research Director must be available to work >20 hours a week through August 1999. Research tasks include: > Documenting current business incentives in the City of Los Angeles and >select neighboring cities. > Developing a local economic development budget that makes the >information >transparent > Developing a database documenting business incentives currently used by >firms in Los Angeles, with firm level data, that would be accessible to the >public. > Analyzing the impact of business incentives on jobs, wages and >inequality >in Los Angeles. > Reviewing previous subsidy accountability measures. > >Timeline >The Research Director must be available to work on the project from February >1998 through August 1999. A Preliminary Report on the major findings will >be completed in the Fall of 1998 and serve as the basis of a public >education campaign in 1998-1999. A Final Product must be completed by >August 1999. > >Qualifications >This position calls for the ability to design and carry out a substantial >research project and direct graduate students and other research assistants. >Graduate study in Economics or quantitative Sociology is highly desirable; >an ability to read the academic literature in Urban Economics and carry out >simple quantitative modeling is necessary. Grant-writing skills highly >desirable. An ability to communicate economic ideas to a broad audience is >critical for this position. Knowledge of Los Angeles area city governments >is a plus. In addition, the candidate must be able and willing to work >closely with community activists and trade unionists. The candidate must >orient the research so that it is useful to a political organizing campaign >promoting subsidy accountability. > >Compensation >Annual salary of $22,000 to $28,000 for a half time position, depending on >experience. Full medical and dental benefits. > >Contact: Jessica Goodheart, project coordinator > Subsidy Accountability Project > Tourism Industry Development Council > 614 South Spring Street, Suite 1016 > Los Angeles, CA 90014 > (213) 486-5129, ph > (213) 486-9886, fx > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
