Public Policy Publications
A list of EPPR publications pertaining to public policy.
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Sep 20242024 Massachusetts Competitiveness Index Report is designed to put forward a framework to assess how Massachusetts stacks up compared to other states, key economic and geographic competitors, and itself.
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May 2024Identifying opportunities to leverage regional industry and better engage underutilized and underrepresented workers
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Jun 2023This report was prepared by the UMass Donahue Institute and the information in text, tables, charts and graphs are the most recently available information as of March 16, 2023.
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Aug 2022This report was prepared by the UMass Donahue Institute and the information in text, tables, charts and graphs are the most recently available information as of August 17, 2022.
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Jun 2022More Black and Latinx homebuyers in Massachusetts received home purchase mortgages in 2020 than at any time in the last thirty years but the percentage of loans for those same borrowers remain well below their respective share of the population.
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Nov 2020The construction also created or supported an average of 2,505 jobs per year.
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Aug 2017The State Data Center at the Institute produces and publishes a comprehensive economic overview, the Due Diligence document. This is a quarterly report prepared under contract for the Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Department of Debt Management.
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Jun 2017Low productivity growth, rising healthcare costs, and demographics put pressure on Massachusetts households and state tax receipts
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May 2017
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Oct 2016Massachusetts real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the third quarter of 2016 according to the MassBenchmarks Current Economic Index.
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Sep 2010Since 1969, Chapter 40B of the Massachusetts General Law has provided a unique tool for the development of affordable housing.
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Mar 2009The Patrick Administration's secretary of housing and economic development today announced that the state will use a recently completed comprehensive housing market assessment report to help determine the best way to meet future housing needs and guide policies to effectively ensure long-term economic growth and prosperity.
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Jul 2008More than 163,000 Mass households will struggle to pay heating oil bills in coming year Elderly homeowners to bear brunt of burden
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May 2004This report, surveying attitudes and expectations of small business owners in all six New England states, was designed to assess the economic outlook for small businesses operating in New England.
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Oct 2003A comprehensive study of the fiscal impact of new housing development in Massachusetts prepared for the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association.
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Jun 2002This study describes the effects of two decades of boom and bust on workers and families, analyzing winners and losers in a new state economy.
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Jun 1997A two-year study conducted for the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association.
