In many ways, these are communities where the American Dream is still alive. Take Le Mars, Iowa. Dubbed the ice cream ...

What our data shows is that many small town and rural communities are finally enjoying some wind in their sails to support revitalization efforts, as population growth in the nation’s least populous ...

On September 24, 2026, the Economic Innovation Group submitted a comment letter to the Department of Homeland Security in response to its proposed rule, Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions. The letter ...

Left-behind counties in the United States have just experienced their strongest three-year period of job creation and business growth since the turn of the 21st century. Despite their vigorous ...

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 ...

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.

Only 41 percent of international graduates of bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree programs in the United States remain in the country long-term. The retention rate is lowest for bachelor’s degree ...

Zoning reform has historically been treated as a matter for state and local authorities alone. Under the constitutional framework established by the Tenth Amendment and the 1926 Supreme Court case ...

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” ...

The pandemic ushered in a period of huge disruption to American life, altering how and where people across the United States live. The U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released 2022 county population ...