The New England Public Policy Center's mission is to promote better public policy in New England by conducting and disseminating objective, high-quality research and analysis of strategically identified regional economic and policy issues and, when appropriate, to work with regional and Bank partners to advance identified policy options.
The Center’s research investigates policy issues that are important to New England's economy. Our research focuses in two primary areas: New England demographic and labor markets trends and state and local public finance.
Webcasts and Videos
Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds and the Great Recession: Lessons for and from New England April 2012
February 2012
State Foreclosure Prevention Efforts: Mediation and Financial Assistance 
September 2011
The Bank of North Dakota: A Model for Massachusetts and Other States?
May 2011
Latest Publications
When the Tide Goes Out: Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds and the Great Recession, Lessons for and from New England
Research Report No. 12-1, April 2012
Are American Homeowners Locked into Their Houses? The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on State-to-State Migration
Working Paper 12-1, February 2012
A More Equitable Approach to Cutting State Aid
Policy Brief 11-2, November 2011
State Foreclosure Prevention Efforts: Mediation and Financial Assistance
Research Report 11-3, September 2011
Designing Formulas for Distributing Reductions in State Aid
Working Paper 11-2, August 2011
Municipal Aid Evaluation and Reform
Working Paper 11-1, June 2011
The Bank of North Dakota: A Model for Massachusetts and Other States?
Research Report 11-2, May 2011
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