2025 Local Employment Dynamics Partnership Hybrid Workshop
September 3-4, 2025
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for the upcoming 2025 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Hybrid Workshop!
Please join us for the 2025 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Workshop, a hybrid event bringing together data users and researchers to explore the latest in employment dynamics and workforce analytics.
The LEHD program is pleased to announce Sarah H. Bana, Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, as the keynote speaker for the LED Partnership Hybrid Workshop on September 3-4, 2025. The keynote and workshop plenary sessions will provide insights into LED data products and professional development and networking for Labor Market Information directors, data analysts and data providers at state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other data users.
In-person attendance is limited to DC Metro area Federal and State partners. Information on previous workshops can also be found at lehd.ces.census.gov/workshops_webinars.
Please register for the workshop via the following links:
Barbara Downs, Acting Assistant Center Chief for Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Research, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Ron S. Jarmin, Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Meihui Bodane, LED Steering Committee Co-Chair, Assistant Secretary, Policy, Research and Strategy, North Carolina Department of Commerce
12:20-1:40pm
What’s New in LEHD and the Center for Economic Studies
Andrew Foote, Lead Economist, LEHD Research, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Heath Hayward, Geographer/Applications Team Lead, LEHD Research, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Lawrence Warren, Senior Economist, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau; David Wasser, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau; and Caelan Wilkie-Rogers, Economist, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau – “UIEO Pilot Project”
Martha Stinson, Principal Economist, Business Research Area, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau - “The Composition of Firm Workforces from 2006-2022: Findings from the Business Dynamics Statistics of Human Capital Experimental Product”
1:40-2:00pm
Break
2:00-3:20pm
QWI Sessions: Using QWI to Study Employment Patterns
Moderator: Patrick Flaherty, Director of Research and Information, Connecticut Department of Labor
Anthony Schaffhauser, Regional Analyst for Northwest Minnesota at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) – “Where Did the Workers Go? Using QWI-Based Employment to Population Ratios to Understand Post-Pandemic Employment Recovery”
Mark McInerney, Director of the Center for Workforce Research and Information (CWRI) – “The Strengths of QWI and Administrative Data Relative to Survey-Based Estimates in a Small State Context”
Joshua Bleiberg, University of Pittsburgh and Tuan Nguyen, University of Missouri – “Leveraging QWI to Analyze Teacher Labor Market Dynamics: Inequitable Trends in Educator Turnover”
3:20-3:40pm
Break
3:40-4:55pm
New State Spotlight
Moderator: Robert Uhlenkott, Director, Workforce and Economic Research Division, Oregon Employment Department
Rachel Moskowitz, Bureau Chief, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
Nicol Nicola, Director, Division of Economic & Demographic Research Office of Research and Information, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Brian Gottlob, Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
Eric Frimpong, Director of Research and Statistics, New York State Department of Labor
5:00pm
Close-out
Thursday, September 4, 2025 (all times EDT)
12:00-12:20pm
Day 2 Welcoming Remarks
Lucia Foster, Chief of Center for Economic Studies, Chief Economist, U.S. Census Bureau
12:20-1:40pm
Keynote Address
Introduction: Andrew Foote, Lead Economist, LEHD Research, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Sarah H. Bana, Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University and Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab
1:40-2:00pm
Break
2:00-3:20pm
LODES: Applied Research Using LODES
Moderator: Rachel Moskowitz, Bureau Chief, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
Evan Johnston, Sr. Analyst; Reece Neathery, Analyst; John Karras, VP Business Dev., TIP Strategies, University of Texas at Austin – “Employment Nodes & Pedestrian Access: An Application of LEHD-LODES Data”
Ron Landagan, Data Scientist, San Diego Association of Governments, and Liang Tian, Principal Overseeing Data Science, Management and Analytics, San Diego Association of Governments – “Employment Migration: A Study of Job Flow Changes in the San Diego Region”
Darren Jiang, Data Science Intern, San Diego Association of Governments, and Liang Tian, Principal Overseeing Data Science, Management and Analytics, San Diego Association of Governments – “Analyzing Accessibility of Essential Services and Opportunities for Tribal Communities in the San Diego Region”
3:20-3:40pm
Break
3:40-4:55pm
Census Bureau Updates
Moderator: Jeff McHugh, Branch Chief, New and Emerging Data Products Branch, Economic Indicators Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Tyson Weister, Survey Statistician, Dissemination Outreach Branch, Center for Enterprise Dissemination, U.S. Census Bureau – “Accessing and Using the QWI API”
Tristan St. Onge, Senior Survey Manager, Economy Wide Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau - “Annual Integrated Economic Survey"
Kari Klinedinst, Senior Program Advisor, Office of the Economic Census, Assistant Survey Director, U.S. Census Bureau - “2022 Economic Census”
4:55-5:00pm
Close-out
All workshop presentations and training sessions will be recorded and posted on this page within a few weeks after the workshop.
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, Assistant Professor of Management Science at Chapman University and a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, as the keynote speaker for the LED Partnership Hybrid Workshop on September 3-4, 2025. The keynote and workshop plenary sessions will provide insights into LED data products and professional development and networking for Labor Market Information directors, data analysts and data providers at state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other data users.
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