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The “retirement crisis” is back on the national agenda. Retirement savings are one of the primary ways that Americans build wealth and financial security, backed by hundreds of billions of dollars in ...
Do H-1B visa holders earn more or less than Americans? There are two different ways to answer this. If we compare H-1B holders to the average native-born worker, the answer is unequivocal that the ...
Donald Trump won two presidential elections by promising to put American workers first. On the eve of the 2026 midterms, halfway through his second stint in the White House, how do American workers ...
Manufacturing employment in the United States has surpassed its pre-pandemic levels, the first time since the 1970s that the sector has regained all the jobs it lost in a recession. Yet its recovery ...
The novelty of the OZ mechanism has ushered in a new generation of research as scholars race to grade the policy. Historically, researchers have found little lasting economic impact from legacy “zone” ...
There are a variety of estimates of the share of the workforce that is remote, and these sources have differences owing to sampling methods, coverage universe, and other measurement issues. Last week, ...
This piece is the second in EIG’s “Redefining Rural” Series. In this series, EIG explores the economic well-being of rural America by examining gaps between rural and non-rural places and exploring ...
Large urban counties have suffered severe declines in their population of young children. While overall population growth in such counties resumed in 2023 (mainly due to immigration) for the first ...
Three-quarters of American voters support increasing high-skilled immigration (HSI), with widespread approval across the entire political spectrum and in every presidential swing state. That’s ...
As the first phase of the Tech Hubs program, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced the designation of 31 regional technology hubs. Designation confers prestige and signaling power, ...