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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Mar 2015The Boston Foundation commissioned UMass Donahue Institute’s Economic and Public Policy Research group to study the short-term economic impact of hosting the Olympics on Massachusetts, as well as an examination of the long-range opportunities and risks associated with hosting the Games.
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Oct 2014In partnership with MassINC, the UMass Donahue Institute’s Economic and Public Policy Research group published an educational attainment forecast, looking at the problems the Massachusetts economy will confront as the large and highly skilled Baby Boom generation ages out of the state’s workforce.
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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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Apr 2009This report summarizes the results of 2009 University of Massachusetts/Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) housing poll conducted by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. This is the fourth such poll conducted in recent years.
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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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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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Aug 2008The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute was engaged by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to review the outcomes to date of the Special Education Transportation Pilot Program.
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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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Oct 2004This study, exploring commuting patterns between regions in Massachusetts, finds that commute times in Massachusetts, which were roughly in line with the national average two decades ago, have since increased considerably and at a much faster pace than the nation as a whole. Time lost to commuting increased by nearly 20 percent between 1990 and 2000.
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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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Dec 2003This research analyzes recent migration patterns in Massachusetts, examining both the magnitude of migration over the last 12 years and the characteristics of migrants.
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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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Mar 2002This report presents an analysis of a cluster of new media businesses – or technology enterprise - in Berkshire County.
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Jun 1997A two-year study conducted for the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association.
