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Boston City Council Districts: Part 2

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City Council Districts, Education, Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles

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Document Date:
06/24/2015
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This report presents additional demographic statistics for the Boston City Council Districts from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey.

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Boston City Council Districts

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Age, City Council Districts, Foreign-born, Gender, Race

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Document Date:
04/30/2015
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This report presents demographic statistics for the Boston City Council Districts from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey.

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2014 Financial Education Report

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Industry Profiles

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Document Date:
01/07/2015
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A Review of Financial Education Practices in the United States & Observations on Applications to Immigrant Markets for Financial Services

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Retaining Recent College Graduates in Boston: Is There a Brain Drain?

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Education, Foreign-born

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Document Date:
10/24/2014
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This report was produced by the BRA Research DIvision in collaboration with the UMass Donahue Institute and attempts to reframe a long-running debate about the Boston metro area's ability to retain the college and university graduates it produces annually.

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Characteristics of Boston and Its Neighborhoods

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Race

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Document Date:
10/23/2014
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On October 14, 2014, Alvaro Lima, Director of Research at the BRA, presented information on the characteristics of Boston and its neighborhoods to a group from Boston Education Funders. The presentation discusses recent demographic changes in Boston and highlights the 0-24 population.

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Hotels in Boston PowerPoint

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Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
09/29/2014
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This PowerPoint presentation includes highlights from the BRA Research Division's 2014 Hotels in Boston report.

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Hotels in Boston

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Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
08/13/2014
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This report provides information on Boston's hotel industry, growth, and overall economic impact. It details occupancy rates, hotel distribution by neighborhood, and more.

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Boston's Neighborhood Business Patterns

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Industry Profiles, Labor Market

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Document Date:
08/07/2014
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Boston's Neighborhood Business Patterns examines private sector employment by neighborhood. It provides information on Boston's leading industries and employers, employment size, and the location of businesses and jobs in Boston.

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2014 NIH Report

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Income & Poverty, Labor Market

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Document Date:
06/23/2014
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Women in Boston

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Race

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Document Date:
06/16/2014
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This document was created to contribute to and inform the work of the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement. It provides a demographic overview of women in the city, and includes details on age, race, ethnicity, nativity, educational attainment, labor force characteristics, and more. It also includes information on three key issue areas for women in Boston: poverty, the pay gap between men and women, and female-owned businesses.

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