Donald Trump won two presidential elections by promising to put American workers first. On the eve of the 2026 midterms, ...

EIG’s leadership is drawn from a wide array of backgrounds: policy experts, start-up founders, investors, and academics. What they share is a commitment to creating a more dynamic and innovative ...

Just in time to inform governors’ work nominating the next round of Opportunity Zone (OZ) census tracts this summer, the Treasury Department has released new data reporting that federal OZ tax ...

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” ...

New county level population growth data reveal that 2021 marked a clear break from past trends, not a continuation of them. The patterns of growth are consistent with remote work being an important ...

Economic dynamism has been in decline across the U.S. economy for decades, but new data suggests the High Tech sector, once viewed as an engine of innovation, is no longer as dynamic as it once was.

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 ...

From national security, to productivity growth and innovation, to qualitative ideas of what a "good job" is, manufacturing holds a special place in the minds of policymakers. Because the sector ...

Fresh off of a federal court vacating the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee, the Department of Homeland Security is considering whether to resurrect the exact same tool to use against an even ...

Biden won a little more than half (50.5 percent) of rural majority-minority counties, slightly fewer than Hillary Clinton carried in 2016, largely due to the erosion of support among Hispanics in ...

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 ...