The State of Working Families in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts economy, workforce, and families have all undergone substantial changes over the past two decades. This paper, focusing on the labor market pressures facing families, employers, and their communities, summarizes these trends and their interconn...
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| author | Fogg, Neeta Harrington, Paul Kochan, Thomas |
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| description | The Massachusetts economy, workforce, and families have all undergone substantial changes over the past two
decades. This paper, focusing on the labor market pressures facing families, employers, and their communities,
summarizes these trends and their interconnections. The data presented in this paper lead us to see work, family,
and community issues as tightly joined. They need to be addressed in an integrated fashion for the Massachusetts
economy to prosper and for the state be an affordable and attractive place to live. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/73952019-04-10T20:29:51Z The State of Working Families in Massachusetts Fogg, Neeta Harrington, Paul Kochan, Thomas work and family family income family earnings households employment rates hours of employment Massachusetts economy The Massachusetts economy, workforce, and families have all undergone substantial changes over the past two decades. This paper, focusing on the labor market pressures facing families, employers, and their communities, summarizes these trends and their interconnections. The data presented in this paper lead us to see work, family, and community issues as tightly joined. They need to be addressed in an integrated fashion for the Massachusetts economy to prosper and for the state be an affordable and attractive place to live. 2004-12-10T19:15:10Z 2004-12-10T19:15:10Z 2004-12-10T19:15:10Z Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7395 en_US MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper;4473-04 219015 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | work and family family income family earnings households employment rates hours of employment Massachusetts economy Fogg, Neeta Harrington, Paul Kochan, Thomas The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title | The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title_full | The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title_fullStr | The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title_full_unstemmed | The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title_short | The State of Working Families in Massachusetts |
| title_sort | state of working families in massachusetts |
| topic | work and family family income family earnings households employment rates hours of employment Massachusetts economy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7395 |
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