Entries for 'UHERO'

...due to the increased difficulty of navigating a trans-Pacific move. There is also fear of a spike in COVID-19 cases in states such as California and Texas....

...the state’s total employment rate, as well as its unemployment rate, will not return to its pre-pandemic level until 2029....

...A grim financial outlook is on the horizon for the state of Hawaiʻi due to the impact of COVID-19....

...the augmented unemployment payments have done a fairly good job  preventing the worst from happening so far. But that program is set to expire August 1....

...recommend that individuals who clear a temperature and symptom screening, and a COVID-19 test in their departure city will not be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival to Hawaiʻi....

...The question is what that reopening will look like, how long it will take, and what the legacy of COVID-19 will be for the Hawaii economy....

...claims are clustered in zip codes where the tourism industry is a particularly important source of employment....

...total job reductions between January and April in Honolulu county were 34% of full-time jobs and 41% of part-time. These numbers were much higher on Hawaii (50% and 67%), Maui (69% and 68%), and Kauai (56% and 62%)....

...The unprecedented pause in economic activity has had a profoundly negative impact on Hawaii....

...Hawai‘i Tourism Authority surveys found resident attitudes about tourism becoming more negative as the number of visitors increased....

...COVID-19’s Uneven Impact on Businesses and Workers: Results from a UHERO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey....

...tax revenue declines that could easily top 15-20% will almost certainly require reductions in some public programs....

...Monday, April 20, 2020 5:30pm – 6:30pm....

...77% of Hawaii's Economy Isn't Tourism; Policymakers Can Take Steps To Reopen It....

...HTA is a destination management organization and not strictly a destination marketing organization....

...Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?....

...the job count will average 11% lower than 2019 for the year as a whole, and real income will be more than 3% lower. Visitor arrivals for the year will be down an astounding 41%....

...Hawaii needs to quickly adopt and implement a plan to control and then halt the spread of the coronavirus....

...social distancing has significant economic impacts....

...In the past two weeks, things have changed markedly, and a SARS-type V-shaped path is now too optimistic.... 

...Hawaii citizens can count on seeing a slew of bills introduced to raise taxes on somebody....

...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....

...a case for the Hawaii community to focus on “the future fiscal capacity of Hawaii state and local governments.”....

...after adjusting for Hawaii’s high prices, the purchasing power of income per person was the fourth lowest in the nation....

...The state’s population has been declining for the past three years, in part because of outward migration....

...the costs associated with the Jones Act are empirically important and should be taken into account by policy makers....

... NELHA Host Park generates over $100M annually ....

...Hawaii Construction Forecast....

...population decline and vacation rental crackdown place economy at risk....

...In Gallup’s annual well-being index, Hawaii occupied the #1 spot among US states for six out of the past 10 years....

...UHERO examines the economic implications of the Jones Act....

...each has seen a falloff in tourism activity and a slowing of employment growth in a number of sectors....

...The number of visitor days remains below last year’s peak, with more worrying signs from falling visitor spending. Job growth has largely stalled and income gains have receded....

...The Impact of Public Health Insurance on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants....

...the State (in 1967) and the City and County of Honolulu (in 2004) passed legislation designed to dismantle leasehold housing on private lands....

...the subsequent increase to $13 led to large reductions in hours for low wage workers of 6-7% that completely offset a 3% rise in the average hourly wages....

...Tourism challenges were not limited to the aftermath of flood and fire, but also reflected weakening in some key markets and a falloff in spending. At home, population growth has been negative for the past two years, weighing on demand....

...Diminishing economic contribution, eroding resident sentiment, and increasing congestion and stress on sites and attractions provide evidence that the current governance model is inadequate....

...We expect downward revisions in the healthcare industry and in accommodation and food services, where job gains remained lackluster throughout 2018....

...record-high visitor numbers, record-low unemployment, and ongoing—if unimpressive—income gains....

...statistically significant upward adjustments on average are observed across utilities that experienced decoupling....

“The vast majority of those businesses impacted by the City’s food waste recycling ordinance are continuing to use local piggeries to recycle their food waste.”

...Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Hawaii has stabilized. The value of construction permits is posting healthy gains across all sub-sectors this year....

...Global tourism continues to power forward, and there remains a healthy pipeline of construction work. And even with the recent labor market weakness, Hawaii continues to enjoy its lowest unemployment in many years....

...This study asks the question, how valuable is residential real-time pricing (RTP) in comparison to time-of-use (TOU) rates to absorb increasing sources of intermittent renewable energy?....

...the variability of solar and wind power makes the system-wide costs grow considerably as their share of the power mix rises....

...HTA CEO George Szegeti said “In CY2017 the convention center turned a net operating profit of $1.1 million, marking its second consecutive year of profitability.” This is surprising news, indeed....

...Tourism keeps surprising to the upside, even as visitor numbers strain infrastructure and communities....

...An analysis of factors that affect EV adoption in Hawaii....

... Dynamic pricing = 'Voluntary' rolling blackouts or brownouts.  You agree to use at certain hours and not at others ....