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December 2, 2011

Economic Perspectives on State and Local Taxes
This forum encouraged policy makers to consider state and local tax decisions from an economic perspective. Leading tax experts discussed current issues involving property, income, sales, and business taxes. The forum was cosponsored with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Past Events

November 30, 2010	Mismatch in the Labor Market? Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Skilled Labor in New England This forum featured new research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s New England Public Policy Center that explores the potential mismatch between the supply of and demand for skilled labor in New England. The forum also featured reactions from a panel of regional and national experts.
June 30, 2010	New England State Pension Reform – Responding to Demographic and Fiscal Challenges This forum will feature new research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s New England Public Policy Center that investigates state pension plans in the context of the region’s aging population. The forum is one of the ongoing efforts of the Center, which the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston established in 2005 to provide policy makers and the public with unbiased information on key policy issues. It intends to provide policy makers, policy practitioners, and regional thought leaders who are concerned about public pension reform with a deeper understanding of the relevant issues and possible solutions.
May 5, 2010	Understanding the Housing Collapse: What Is To Blame and What Can Be Done? Co-sponsored with Harvard University's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Research Department, this conference featured an overview of current conditions, presentations of new research on housing, credit markets, and public policies; and discussions of public policies that might stabilize housing markets in the future.
December 3, 2009	State Business Tax Incentives: Examining Evidence of their Effectiveness At this forum, the New England Public Policy Center released new research exploring the use and effectiveness of selected business tax credits. A panel of national and regional experts responded to Center author Jennifer Weiner’s summary remarks. The full report and an audio recording of the presentation and panelists' comments are available.
November 13, 2009	Research Forum: Assessing the Impact of New England's Changing Demographics Co-sponsored with Northeastern University's School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, this forum featured economic research assessing the impact of New England’s changing demographics.
May 7, 2009	The Challenge of Sustaining Health Care Reform in Massachusetts Co-sponsored with Harvard University's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and Program for Health Systems Improvement, this conference investigated challenges to sustaining health reform in the Commonwealth, including reducing costs and improving the value of healthcare.
December 3, 2008	Employing the Region’s Assets: Baby Boomers Meeting New England’s Skilled Workforce Needs The New England Public Policy Center’s 4th annual conference explored the role that older professionals can play in meeting the region’s labor force needs over the next 20 to 30 years. The conference featured presentations that investigated the changing demographic and labor force trends in New England and the US and examined what employers, employees, and the public sector can do to lengthen the labor force participation of the population age 55 and older.
September 18, 2008	The Future of the Skilled Labor Force: The Supply of Recent College Graduates This forum, co-hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, featured new research about the supply of the region's college graduates. Participants leaned about and discussed the factors that affect the stock of recent college graduates, how those factors have changed over time, and their relative importance in explaining the slower growth of this segment of the labor force.
December 5, 2007	Financing Municipalities in New England: Revisiting the State-Local Relationship This conference investigated the fiscal relationship between New England's state and municipal governments and discussed potential strategies to finance municipalities. Specifically, speakers examined the design of municipal aid formulas and addressed the potential impact of adopting local option sales taxes.
December 5, 2006	Covering the Uninsured: Costs, Benefits, and Policy Alternatives for New England The conference convened a select group of key stakeholders including policymakers, insurers, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers from across all six New England states and the nation.
May 22, 2006	Housing and the Economy in Greater Boston: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Public Policy Center and The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government held a half-day event on Housing and the Economy: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses.
December 2, 2005	Fueling the Future: Energy Policy in New England This conference focused on the key energy policy issues facing New England and brought together legislators, analysts, and other interested parties in a dialogue about the potential policies that could help address them.
April 27, 2005	Sustaining the Boston Renaissance Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute, this conference featured Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and a panel of local business and civic leaders and researchers.
March 30, 2005	Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Heller School of Brandeis University, this conference focused on whether government should mandate nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and what the potential impact of such ratios would be.