\nAll of the U.S. is seeing significant demographic changes that will shape the workforce over the next 20 years\, but these changes are especially significant in Alaska. Moreover\, Alaska&rsquo\;s population is strongly influenced by migration to and from Alaska. The shortage of workers during the Pandemic Recession may be in part a &ldquo\;tipping point&rdquo\; effect\, where declines in the workforce that would have happened over several years were accelerated by COVID-19 changes. This presentation \;examines \;the implications of several demographic changes for the future of Alaska&rsquo\;s workforce.
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\nPLUS\, member presentation from Credit Union 1.

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\nAbout Dr. Ralph Townsend
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\nDr. Ralph Townsend is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He was the director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 2016 to 2021. He has a record of using economics to help inform public policy in areas such as natural resource management\, health care\, and education. In Alaska over the past six years\, he has made numerous presentations to help Alaskans better understand the economic challenges and opportunities facing the Alaska economy and the Alaska state budget. By training\, Dr. Townsend is an economist whose research specialty was fisheries management. He spent the first 25 years of his career at the University of Maine. He had the interesting opportunity to serve as Chief Economist of the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries for 3 years. Immediately prior to coming to Alaska\, he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Winona State University\, in Minnesota\, for six years.
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