Research Publications

This presentation provides an analysis of the latest data on Boston's labor market, focusing in particular on how tight labor markets have driven strong post-pandemic wage growth.

This presentation explores spatial patterns and temporal trends in land use and assesses land values by analyzing the City of Boston's property assessment data. A summarizing infographic is available here.

Boston's Economy 2023 covers trends in employment, wages, housing prices, and real estate.

A profile of poverty in Boston.

Boston's Economy 2022 report details Boston’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers trends in employment, wages, housing prices, and real estate.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the race to develop a vaccine spotlight the nation’s growing Life Science industry. Boston's highly educated workforce and world-renowned higher education, research, and medical institutions make it one of the leading Life Science hubs in the world. This report profiles the Life Science workforce in Boston.

This report explores the effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Boston's economy.

The Transportation in Boston report identifies sources for transportation data by mode, and documents major trends in active transportation, public transportation, automobile travel, and freight. It covers ridership and utilization, costs and investments, and future developments. This report serves as a pre-COVID-19 baseline for analysis going forward.

Boston's Economy 2020 report is released during a time of economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of this report, the full economic impacts of the pandemic are not yet known. This report uses economic data from 2018 and 2019 to create a profile of Boston’s economy prior to the current crisis.

This report profiles Boston employment in the industries that saw the largest share and number of unemployment claims statewide March 14-28.