Mass Economy

The Labor Supply and Our Economic Future

Andy Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Sheila Palma, Vladlena Sabodash, Paulo Tobar, Joseph McLaughlin, Kamen Madjarov and Jacqui Motroni

This research assesses the health of the state’s supply of labor, both now and into the future. A key question is whether the state has an adequate supply of qualified workers to fuel our next round of economic expansion. In recent years, when the national economy began to recover from the recession of 2001, the read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development, Research

Paying for College

The Rising Cost of Higher Education

Bridget Terry Long and Greg Leiserson

At the same time that a college education has become the ticket to the middle class, college has become less affordable. The situation in New England is worse than it is nationally. Even though incomes are higher in the region, families are likely spending a higher share of their income to pay for college. In read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities

A Generation in Transition

A Survey of Bay State Baby Boomers

Dawn Crossland Sumners, Stacy DiAngelo, Larry Hugick and Greg Leiserson

A Generation in Transition: A Survey of Bay State Baby Boomers is a groundbreaking report produced in partnership with Princeton Survey Research Associates Intl. and made possible by the generous support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. This survey represents the first of its kind for our state. Historically, baby boomers have rewritten the read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Economic Development

The Changing Face of Massachusetts

Andy Sum, Johan Uvin, Ishwar Khatiwada, Sheila Palma, Paulo Tobar, Frimpomaa Ampaw and Greg Leiserson

The Changing Face of Massachusetts is a joint project of MassINC and the Center for Labor Market Studies and was made possible by the generous support of a number of sponsors, including the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Verizon, Citizens Bank, Polaroid, and Bank of America’s Frank W. and Carl S. Adams Memorial Fund. The demographics read more

Topic(s): Education, Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development

The Massachusetts Nonprofit Sector

An Economic Profile

Rachel Deyette Werkema and Greg Leiserson

The Massachusetts Nonprofit Sector: An Economic Profile, made possible through the generous support of the Mellon Charitable Giving Program/Alice P. Chase Trust and The Boston Foundation, and in partnership with the University College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. This new report shows that Massachusetts nonprofits contribute substantially to the Bay State economy. read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development

MASS.commuting

MassINC Staff

MASS.commuting was produced in partnership with the UMass Donahue Institute and generously sponsored by MassHousing. Our analysis of U.S. Census data reveals that the morning and evening commutes are rapidly worsening compared to the rest of the nation, a situation that erodes our qualify of life and economic health. Massachusetts commutes are getting worse faster read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Transportation

The Graying of Massachusetts

Aging, the New Rules of Retirement, and the Changing Workforce

Andy Eschtruth, Natalia Jivan, Tatiana Mihailovschi-Muntean, Amy Chasse, Alicia Munnell, Kevin E. Cahill, Mauricio Soto, Kevin Meme, Steven A. Sass and Greg Wiles

Many Massachusetts workers will face a stark choice in the coming years: Retire later or retire with less money. Our findings show that powerful trends are converging at once to alter the retirement landscape: An aging population that has not saved enough must adjust to new Social Security rules that delay full benefits from the read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development

The Pursuit of Happiness

A Survey on the Quality of Life in Massachusetts

Larry Hugick and Jenny Armeni

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Survey on the Quality of Life in Massachusetts highlights data from a 1,001-person statewide poll conducted for MassINC by Princeton Survey Research Associates (margin of error: + or – 3%). Respondents were asked more than 60 questions related to their own and the state’s quality of life, their views on read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Public Opinion, Research

Getting the Job Done

Advancing the New Skills Agenda

John Schneider and Peter Kwass

Getting the Job Done: Advancing the New Skills Agenda draws from lessons learned through two years of MassINC’s New Skills for a New Economy Campaign and lays out critical reforms needed for the Massachusetts workforce development system. There is broad agreement that Massachusetts’s workforce development system needs repair to meet the challenges of the 21st read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, New Skills for a New Economy

The State of the American Dream in New Hampshire

Andy Sum, Mykhaylo Trub'skyy and Ishwar Khatiwada

This research report uses data from the 2000 and 1990 Censuses to track developments in median income for New Hampshire families over the past two decades. Among its key findings is that the typical New Hampshire family, which enjoyed above average real income growth over the 1980s, struggled to keep ahead of the increases in read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Research

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