Research and Publications - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Labor Market Assessment Tool Publications

As of April 15, 2010 Boston's total population is 617,594.


Citywide
		LMAT noted as resource in Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia publication

		9/20/2011
		The BRA Research Division’s work was noted in the Fall 2011 issue of Cascade, a publication by the community development studies and education department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The topic is workforce development and the Labor Market Assessment Tool (LMAT) is listed as a resource.

		Revisiting Language Skill Requirements in the Labor Market
		Mark Melnik
		4/24/2008
		This report re-visits previous research conducted by the BRA Research Division examining the characteristics of Metro Boston’s workforce with limited English language skills and the importance of language skills in the labor market using the newest available demographic data and updated labor market data. The current research finds that Metro Boston's workforce with limited English language skills appears to be significantly larger than it was in 2000. Moreover, the disparity in pay and the potential growth rates between occupations requiring low language skills and jobs requiring at least modest language skills stands out even more in our region than previously reported.

		Labor Market Assessment Tool (LMAT) Series
		Mark Melnik
		1/1/2008
		The LMAT Series is a collection of reports focusing on the various applications of the program, including general discussions of the skill requirements and wage distributions associated with selected industries and the labor market as a whole. In addition, the LMAT Series will analyze the relationship between occupational requirements and worker attributes in Boston’s population.

		Introducing the Labor Market Assessment Tool
		Mark Melnik
		11/21/2007
		The Labor Market Assessment Tool (LMAT) is an interactive computer-based program that is capable of estimating wages and the distribution of occupations by educational, skill, knowledge, and training requirements by industry for both current and future labor market scenarios

		LMAT Language Skills
		Mark Melnik
		11/20/2007
		This report looks at the language challenges of the foreign-born population in Metro Boston and analyzes the language skill requirements for the current labor market, as well as projections for 2014.

These publications are in Portable Document Format (.pdf) and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them.