Publications

The Public Assets Institute provides sound, timely, and accessible fiscal and policy analysis.

We publish research reports, both in house and in collaboration with other individuals and organizations, and prepare press releases, opinion pieces, and presentations on topics related to our current work.

You will find our five latest publications listed below, and archives of all our reports, op-eds, press releases and bi-monthly updates by category.

Latest publications:

Fewer Newcomers Call Vermont Home

In Reports on January 31, 2012

Since the early 1990s, when the IRS started tracking migration and income, people moving to Vermont have consistently reported higher average annual incomes than the Vermont residents who…

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For Vermonters, it’s still cold outside

In Monthly Jobs Briefs on January 24, 2012

In spite of a slight rise in manufacturing jobs last year, Vermont lost more than 28 percent of the jobs in this sector in the…

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Vermont’s Middle Class: The Facts

In Reports on January 3, 2012

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We typically think of a middle-class family as owning a home, having health insurance, a decent car, and…

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New report on working Vermont: Reverse priorities to put people first

In Press Releases on December 31, 2011

MONTPELIER—Three years after the start of the Great Recession, the gap between Vermont’s wealthiest and everyone else had widened, and thousands of Vermonters had sunk…

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