Highlights of Analysis of Employment and Labor Force Data for the Southeastern Massachusetts Region Presentation to the Southeastern MA Workforce Development Conference by Mt. Auburn Associates January 15, 2003

Purpose of the Project Collaborative Programs/Projects Shared Organizational Capacity Joint Advocacy Efforts

Purpose of the Analysis Common/complementary industry characteristics Common/complementary workforce characteristics Spatial relationships across boundaries that facilitate joint activity Secondary analysis to sharpen primary research

Selected Findings 1. Blurring of distinct employment patterns as jobs have suburbanized 2. Significant cross-border commuting indicated by regional commuting patterns 3. Mobility problems for workers without vehicles indicated by low use of public transportation

Selected Findings 4. Increasing employment concentrations and net worker inflows along cross- cutting highway corridors 5. Increasing service and trade sector domination across the region 6. Similar primary industry structures, with the exception of manufacturing and financial services

Selected Findings 6. Continued concentration of service and manufacturing employment in a few employment centers, but with manufacturing employment becoming more dispersed; more even distribution of trade employment 7. Clustering of special needs populations in sets of adjacent and nearby communities, often cutting across WIA boundaries

WIA Boundaries

Major Highway Corridors

Economic Overview: Employment

Economic Overview: Labor Force

Industry Structure

Industry Structure: Cross-Cutting 2-Digit Industries Trade Eating/ Drinking Places Wholesale Food Stores Misc. Retail Service Health Education Social Business (incl. temp.) Eng./Acct’g./ Mgmt. Manuf. Electronic/ Electrical (exc. computers) Instruments

Commuting Patterns

Socioeconomic Characteristics of Workforce