UCLA Part of a $1 Million Research Funding Aimed at Advancing Latino Economic Development

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The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI), in collaboration with Arizona State University’s Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research (CLAPR), announced $1 million in funding over two years from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase), today . The funding will support ongoing research focused on the state of Latinos in Arizona and California that is centered around improving Latino-led economic development, eliminating barriers to wealth building and a just climate transition with a focus on Latina entrepreneurs, and examining job automation impacts on Latino workers. This funding will also support the ongoing work to bolster the U.S. Latino Data Hub (LDH) and create the UCLA LPPI Action Lab.
“Like other people of color, Latino communities have been left out of policymaking decisions despite being the economic engine of this country,” said Dr. Silvia Gonzalez, director of research at UCLA LPPI. “There is limited data that captures the diversity of the Latino experience and too few changemakers able to advance the solutions our researchers know are effective. This investment allows us to make Latino-led research easily available to policymakers while training the next generation of Latino leaders to advocate in solidarity with others for the economic development all our communities need.”
By leveraging new data from the LDH, researchers will provide a detailed profile of Latino workers in California and Arizona. This will enable them to investigate the representation of Latino workers across key industries and evaluate the number of Latino workers at risk of job displacement, providing actionable policy solutions to support the Latino workforce in those states. The research team will also examine the progress of economic development investments in four West Coast metro areas: Los Angeles County, San Diego (San Ysidro), Oakland, and Phoenix. Additionally, researchers will examine the persistent barriers to wealth building and climate adaptation for minority-owned small businesses, including the pandemic’s impact on these businesses and the effects of recovery efforts in Latino communities.