JANESVILLE â?? The loss of General Motors in Janesville could result in the loss of nearly 9,000 jobs and nearly half a billion dollars in labor income in Rock County, according to an economic impact analysis by a UW-Madison/Extension professor.
Steven Deller, a professor and community development economist, used a popular modeling technique to calculate the impact of GMâ??s recent decision to close its Janesville assembly plant by the end of 2010 at the latest.