Hibbs In the Community
Hibbs Institute for Business & Economic Research
Please join the Hibbs Institute, Rice University, and the Center for Retail Enterprises for a lunch networking and panel discussion featuring regional business leaders to discuss insights on labor market shortages. Additionally, an academic expert will share figures related to immigration visas as a potential option to mitigate this issue.
*Lunch and drinks provided by the Center for Retail Enterprises.
Meet the panelists here.
Our Institute in the News
2023
• Labor Shortage May be Here to Stay; KLTV News, May 29, 2023.
• Home Sales Falling; KTRE News, February 23, 2023.
• New health index shows how poor rural health factors affect East Texas;KLTV News, January 27, 2023.
2022
• Economic Trends After the Pandemic; Center for Family and Small Enterprises - UT Tyler (Annual Conference), October 5, 2022.
• UT Tyler hosts economic summit examining East Texas housing market; KLTV News, August 26, 2022.
• East Texas housing market cooling down; KETK News, August 26, 2022.
• UT Tyler economic expert eases worries of potential recession; KLTV News, July 28, 2022.
• Inflation taking toll on East Texans with limited income; KLTV News, July 13, 2022.
• East Texas pawn shop sees uptick in sellers due to inflation; KLTV News, June 21, 2022.
• UT Tyler expert explains why interest rate increase could combat inflation;KLTV News, June 15, 2022.
• Rural, Set, Go: Boost!;Workforce Solutions East Texas, June 20, 2022.
• WCEDC and Workforce Solutions East Texas Get Proactive, Hosting Event on June 7 Addressing Local Labor Shortages;Hackney Communications, May 26, 2022.
• Labor shortage in deep East Texas: Workforce Solutions looking to fill job positions;KETK News, May 17, 2022.
• UT Tyler study shows impact of Caldwell Zoo on Smith County;KLTV News, April 25, 2022.
• Study: Caldwell Zoo brings 'significant' economic impact to Tyler area;Tyler Morning Telegraph, April 22, 2022.
• East Texas economic expert breaks down the rise in consumer good prices; KLTV News, April 14, 2022.
• Economics Trends During the COVID-19 Times and Marketing Your Business; The Lindale Area Chamber of Commerce, February 10, 2022.
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2021
• Estimating the economic contribution of the Hispanic community in Tyler; The Tyler Loop, October 2021.
• Tyler Tourism on the Rise According to Visit Tyler;107.3 Kiss FM, April 2021.
• Housing Boom Could Continue Through 2021;CBS19 News, March 29, 2021
2020
• Travel restrictions cut deeply into business on U.S.- Mexico border;San Antonio Express - News, December 24, 2020.
• IC² internships in remote or rural Texas hometowns this summer;The IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2020.
• East Texas suffered hundreds of millions in losses during economy shutdown; rebound predicted; Tyler Morning Telegraph, May 17, 2020.
• Report shows estimated economic loss caused by COVID-19; KLTV News, May 16, 2020.
• Estimate puts one-month lockdown cost at $169 million in Longview area; Longview News-Journal, May 16, 2020.
• Smith, Gregg Counties Lead Large Texas MSAs In Healthcare System Capacity Per Capita; The East Texas Regional Development Company, May 4 2020.
• Report: Longview-area economy could take bigger hit from energy downturn ; Longview News-Journal, May 3, 2020.
• UT Tyler professor: Shopping locally, to-go services can improve retail marketplace decline; Tyler Morning Telegraph, April 19, 2020.
• Tyler area nonessential businesses could lose over $100 million in two weeks of stay-at-home order; Tyler Morning Telegraph, April 12, 2020.
• Tyler estimated economic loss from COVID-19 more than $100 million; CBS19 News, April 9, 2020.
2019
• By the numbers: Christmas brings jobs and increased spending to area; Tyler Morning Telegraph, December 26, 2019.
• UT Tyler's Hibbs Institute teams up with university in Mexico to study local economic drivers; Tyler Morning Telegraph, December 19, 2019.
• Minimum wage: Business owners and city lawmakers at odds; Las Cruces Sun News, November 13, 2019.
• City to hold public meeting on minimum wage Tuesday night; Las Cruces Sun News, November 11, 2019.
• Researchers release health status of East Texas; CBS19 News, October 3, 2019.
• Interview with "La Vida TV"; Channel 22; Telemundo (Hispanic TV Channel), May 29, 2019.
• Tyler Area Economy; Tyler Morning Telegraph, April 12, 2019.
• Organization Newsletter; Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER), February 5, 2019.
• Faith institutions contribute $100 million to Tyler area economy; Tyler Morning Telegraph, January 27, 2019.
2018
• Minimum Wage Impact Study Presented to Las Cruces City Council, KRWG NMSU-Public Media, June 30, 2018.
• City leaders in Las Cruces are moving forward with increasing the minimum wage; KFOX14 News, June 26, 2018.
• Some Las Cruces residents are happy, others unhappy of increase of minimum wage; CBS4 News, June 26, 2018.
• Economic analysis shows proposed development project could generate $1.4B for City of Tyler, county; KLTV News, April 12, 2018.