Sizing Up Massachusetts’ Looming Skilled-Worker Shortage
Published Date : June 22, 2022
In an extensive 2014 report with the UMass Donahue Institute, MassINC predicted the 2020’s would be the first decade in Massachusetts history to post a reduction in the state’s working-age, college-educated population. Drawing on the limited data available, this research brief explores how the COVID-19 pandemic disruption could impact our previous estimate. The analysis surfaces several patterns that indicate the decline in the state’s skilled labor force could be significantly sharper than the 2014 projection.
