The Indiana GPS Project is a multi-dimensional study of Indiana’s economy. It is designed to focus business priorities and spur intentional growth across the entire state of Indiana and to increase the number of good jobs in all types of industries to help provide better opportunities for every Hoosier.
Scholars from Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and the American Enterprise Institute, a collaborative team of undisputed national experts, have carried out some unprecedented research and analysis about Indiana’s economy, regions, population and workforce.
Reports
Indiana GPS Project Key Findings and Recommendations
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership February 2021 The Central Indiana Corporate [...]
State of renewal: Charting a new course for Indiana’s economic growth and inclusion – Regional Map – Data
Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton with Yang You, [...]
State of renewal: Charting a new course for Indiana’s economic growth and inclusion
Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton with Yang You, [...]
News & Blog
Author: Nathan Ringham
Director of Research and Insights, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
Indiana GPS Project Regional Stakeholder Webinar
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Indiana has experienced a relatively rapid economic recovery, but long-term growth and equity challenges remain, new report from Brookings finds
For Immediate Release February 10, 2021 Contact: Erin Raftery MetroMediaRelations@brookings.edu [...]
AEI studies contribute to Indiana project focused on the future economy and workforce
WASHINGTON, DC (February 8, 2021) – American Enterprise Institute (AEI) [...]
The people behind the data

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level. Brookings brings together more than 300 leading experts in government and academia from all over the world who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues.

The American Enterprise Institute is a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world. AEI scholars are committed to making the intellectual, moral, and practical case for expanding freedom, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening the free enterprise system in America and around the world. Our work explores ideas that further these goals, and AEI scholars take part in this pursuit with academic freedom.