Empirical Evaluation of the Economic Development Impact of the West Side Chicago Wal-Mart
| Project Team |
|---|
| Ron Baiman, Consultant |
| Joseph Persky, UIC Economics Department |
| D. Embrick, Faculty, Department of Sociology & CURL Faculty Fellow |
| David Merriman, UIC Urban Planning and Public Affairs |
| Julie Davis, University:Community Research Coordinator (CURL) |
| Lisa Thum, Undergraduate Fellow (CURL) |
| Lucia Samayoa, Undergraduate Fellow (CURL) |
| Tanin Arkfeld, Undergraduate Fellow (CURL) |
| Brian Flanagan, Undergraduate Fellow (CURL) |
| Katherine Caleal, Urban Studies |
| Melissa Bunda, Urban Studies |
| Erin Johnson, Urban Studies |
| Constantine Kanakis, Urban Studies |
| Stanley Budzynski, Urban Studies |
| Brandon Taylor, Urban Studies |
Overview:
CURL is conducting a 3-year study of the impact of the new Wal-Mart on Chicago's West Side is having on the local Austin business community. The project involves over-the-phone interviews with businesses within a 3 mile radius of the Wal-Mart where we ask questions about the prices of the goods they sell, the number of employees they have, and the wages those employees are paid. In addition, we are analyzing several different data sets with information on employment, sales tax, and other economic indicators to provide a larger context for the information we gather in the interviews.
Community Area:
Austin
Funding:
Woods Fund of Chicago