The Center for Labor Market Studies is an applied research, evaluation, and policy-oriented technical assistance unit located within the Department of Economics of Northeastern University. CLMS activities include conducting sponsored and other research on labor market developments, trends and problems and the outcomes and impacts of employment and training policies and programs. The Center produces a variety of research publications on the above topics, provides a wide array of technical assistance and training activities and is actively involved with national, regional, state, and local employment and training organizations and professional research associations, and disseminates research and evaluation findings to the national and local media.