Industry Publications
A list of EPPR publications pertaining to industry.
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May 2024Identifying opportunities to leverage regional industry and better engage underutilized and underrepresented workers
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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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May 2018Among other findings, the study concludes that no significant decline in lottery revenue is attributable to Plainridge Park Casino.
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Oct 2017The purpose of the current Operating Report is to estimate the full economic impact of the first year of operations of the Plainridge Park Casino (PPC) on the Massachusetts economy.
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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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Jun 2017Produced for the New England Foundation for the Arts By the Economic and Public Policy Research Group of the UMass Donahue Institute
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May 2017
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Mar 2017Concerns about long range growth center around available labor supply and uncertainty in Federal immigration policy
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Dec 2014The Economic and Public Policy Research group published an analysis of Massachusetts export growth, looking at recent trends in the state’s exports to understand why they are not keeping up with the nation’s.
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Jul 2014This study details the economic impacts of Devens, Massachusetts a former U.S. Army base that has been redeveloped by Mass Development, the state's finance and development agency, as a site for commercial, industrial and non-profit development.
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May 2014This report performs an objective analysis to quantify the economic contributions of the University of Massachusetts system and its campuses on the Commonwealth's economy.
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Dec 2013The Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance (ANF), MassDevelopment, and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center at the request of the Sequestration Task Force contracted the UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) to complete a first-in-the-nation study of the near-term economic effects that sequestration cuts occurring in the federal fiscal years 2013 and 2014 have had on the Massachusetts economy.
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Oct 2013The Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation (PERC) commissioned the UMass Donahue Institute to study the advanced manufacturing industry in the Berkshires, examining the history, workforce and existing businesses in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts to determine prospects for growth.
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Jun 2013MassDevelopment commissioned the UMass Donahue Institute to update a report examining the employment and economic impacts of the commercial (non-military) businesses located in Devens, Massachusetts.
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Aug 2012This economic contribution analysis found that Massachusetts’ six military bases support more than 46,000 jobs and contribute more than $14.2 billion to the Commonwealth’s economy annually.
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Jun 2012This preliminary report presents the findings of a study examining the economic impact that the defense industry has on the six states of the New England.
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Sep 2011New England’s cable companies contribute significantly to the regional economy and to local communities.
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Dec 2010This report provides a look at the scale and specific nature of the defense industry in Massachusetts.
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Nov 2009The IT industry is widely recognized as a driving force of Massachusetts' innovation economy.
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Nov 2008The survey, designed collaboratively, provides a broad look at the needs and current conservation strategies for Boston’s small businesses related to energy, clean technology, waste management and the purchasing of green products.
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Sep 2008Growing Talent reports the research, findings and recommendations of the Life Sciences Talent Initiative, a comprehensive one-year study of talent needs in the Massachusetts life sciences industry and the capacity of the state’s higher education institutions and workforce training organizations to respond.
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Apr 2008The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University commissioned a study to analyze the characteristics and economic impact of the veterinary medical industry in the six-state New England region.
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Nov 2007The defense sector, defined in this study as commercial activity generated by U.S. defense and homeland security contracts, military personnel payroll, and retiree benefits paid to state residents, is a key driver of the Massachusetts economy.
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May 2007Boston, MA - The burden on municipal budgets of mixed-income homeownership developments in Massachusetts may not be as great as is often assumed, according to a new study prepared by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute for Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA).
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Apr 2007The UMass Donahue Institute recently released the study, “Help Wanted 2: Recruiting and Retaining the Next Generation of Human Services Workers in Massachusetts,” commissioned by the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc.
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Apr 2007The Economic and Public Policy Research Unit recently prepared a major industry study for the Massachusetts High Technology Council.
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Feb 2007This report presents the results of the third annual housing poll conducted by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute in collaboration with the Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA).
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Jun 2006Reports II and III are technical reports which further supplement the economic analysis provided in Report I.
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Jun 2006Reports II and III are technical reports which further supplement the economic analysis provided in Report I.
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Jun 2006This study, initiated and funded by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, analyzes the economic value of the coastal and marine economies in Massachusetts.
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Apr 2006The UMass Donahue Institute has released the study, “Help Wanted: The Future of the Human Services Workforce in Massachusetts” commissioned by The Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc.
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Mar 2006In November 2005, the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute conducted its second annual housing poll in collaboration with the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA).
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May 2005The $4.8 billion marine science industry of New England is a formidable economic engine that has the potential to prosper through investments in homeland security, oceanographic and atmospheric warning systems, allied navies, and environmental monitoring, but the industry is in danger of running aground in the global competition for investment unless it can find more highly skilled workers and research support, according to a study released today by the UMass Donahue Institute.
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Dec 2004A poll conducted for the Citizen's Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) on the state of affordable housing in Massachusetts where residents statewide were polled, along with residents of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts.
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Oct 2004A study by Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, with data analysis provided by the UMass Donahue Institute.
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May 2004The medical-device community is an integral component of the Massachusetts economy, providing high-paying jobs and designing and manufacturing some of the world's most innovative medical products.
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Nov 2003This study offers an economic analysis of the state's telecommunications industry, including trends and ranking among other states.
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Oct 2003This report discusses recent trends and developments in the financial services industry in the United States and Massachusetts, offering scenarios for the industry's future evolution.
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Feb 2003The industry consists of 264 manufacturing establishments, with nearly 21,000 employees, a payroll of almost $1 billion, and shipments valued at $4 billion, making Massachusetts second only to Minnesota in the production of medical devices.
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Nov 2002This study examines the employment, sales, investment trends, and various segments of the telecommunications industry in Massachusetts and concludes that the industry will continue to be a critical part of the Massachusetts economy.
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Mar 2002This report presents an analysis of a cluster of new media businesses – or technology enterprise - in Berkshire County.
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Jan 2002This report presents the findings of a survey of individuals and organizations aligned with bTech.
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May 2001The medical device industry in Massachusetts is both an ongoing vital contributor and a stabilizing factor to the state's economy during the recent recession, providing high paying manufacturing jobs, contributing to total state exports, attracting significant amounts of venture capital investment and utilizing local suppliers, according to this new, detailed study.
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May 2001The medical device industry in Massachusetts is both an ongoing vital contributor and a stabilizing factor to the state's economy during the recent recession.
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Apr 2001The origins, development and trends of jet engine manufacturing in Massachusetts is analyzed and compared to national and international competition.
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Nov 2000This case study details a 150-acre family farm that has been in operation for three generations, utilizing interviews with the farmer in July 2000 and a review of his business plan and financial statements.
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Nov 2000This paper examines the extent to which the primary food production sectors of New England's agricultural economy have been able to satisfy the demands of an increasing consumer population, concluding that the outlook for future growth is promising.
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Nov 2000This paper examines the food and lumber processing industries in Massachusetts over the last four decades as well as a general assessment of the total food marketing system in Massachusetts in 1997, the most recent year for which data was available.
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Nov 2000This study offers separate discussions of the farming and forestry sectors of the Massachusetts agricultural economy.
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Nov 2000Since colonial times, Massachusetts has held fast to its cherished legacy as an agricultural state.
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Oct 2000This study looks at the relationship between information technology development and economic development in recently distressed rural and urban locations.
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Oct 2000A report detailing the decline of the environmental industry in the 1990s.
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Sep 2000This report summarizes employment and earnings, and identifies important trends within various sectors of the Massachusetts Marine Economy, which includes commercial seafood industries, marine transportation, tourism and recreation, marine technology and education and coastal construction and real estate.
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Mar 2000This study defines specific policy steps that might be taken to support the plastics industry, which is one of the key economic sectors in north central Massachusetts.
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Mar 2000The textile and apparel industries have been de-coupling from each other at many levels for the last two decades: customer/supplier relationships, technological levels, rates of investment, and competitive position in the global and North American markets.
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Jun 1999This report provides a detailed analysis of the pharmaceutical industry in Massachusetts.
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Apr 1999In this 1999 study for the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, the relative size, composition and growth trends of the information technology sector are discussed.
