Aging states to college graduates: We’ll pay you to stay
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 4, 2023
That leaves a smaller population of graduates, a decline that’s beginning to happen nationwide and that can result in labor shortages, slower economic growth and declines in state tax revenues. Maine has projected a need for 75,000 more workers in the 10 years ending 2029. Unemployment in Vermont is just 1.8 This is not a panacea.
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