Research @InnovateEconomy. Fellow @rootsofprogress. Thinking about: progress, dynamism, immigration, cities, industrial policy, the NY Mets. Definite optimist.
Apr 2 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
New: Foreign-born workers make up an outsized share of the workforce in industries critical to economic and national security.
You simply cannot separate industrial policy success from skilled immigration reform.
Let’s dive into the numbers.
First, foreign-born workers make up 20.3% of the workforce in strategic industries, compared with 18.1% in the rest of the economy.
How do we define strategic? We use @BrookingsMetro’s Advanced Industries classification as a starting point.