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Dec 24, 2022
ECONOMY
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released last week, said the state’s population already was aging and growing at a slower rate before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s been “exacerbated” by employees’ ability to work remotely,...
ECONOMY
Dec 21, 2022
ECONOMY
Demographics pose a problem for the health of the Massachusetts economy. The state’s population is aging. The number of people in the workforce is declining. While policy makers may not be able to do anything to increase the birth rate, there are...
ECONOMY
Dec 20, 2022
ECONOMY
The pandemic put a strain on our workforce here in Massachusetts. The latest report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) found startling trends when it comes to the population of Massachusetts, and they were all exacerbated by COVID-19. ...
ECONOMY
Dec 15, 2022
ECONOMY
“The decline in the birth rate over the past few decades, the aging of our population, the shrinking of our workforce age population, and then the reduction in international immigrants into Massachusetts, all are somewhat troubling because it means...
ECONOMY
Dec 15, 2022
ECONOMY
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, in a report released Wednesday, said the state’s population was aging and growing at a slower rate before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the trends have been “exacerbated” by more employees being able to work...
ECONOMY
Dec 15, 2022
ECONOMY
 MTF President Eileen McAnneny discusses a new report on Massachusetts demographics. ...
ECONOMY
Dec 14, 2022
EDUCATION
Overall, the lack of child care options in Massachusetts is costing working families, some of whom are spending 20% to 40% of their annual income on programs. The average cost of child care is more than $20,000 a year in Massachusetts, the most...
EDUCATION
Dec 14, 2022
ECONOMY
The jobs are there in Massachusetts, but nobody seems to want them, says a new report, which shows there are twice as many job openings as unemployed people in the state. The report, released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation,......
ECONOMY
Dec 14, 2022
ECONOMY
An overwhelming outmigration of Bay Staters, an aging state population and a shrinking number of international college students are among the demographic trends imperiling the economic growth potential and labor market in Massachusetts, a new report...
ECONOMY
Dec 12, 2022
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2023
Doug Howgate, executive vice president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and a member of Healey’s transition team, said the state’s budget office will be crucial to Healey’s early work. “ANF sits at this center point of what the governor...
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2023