The Brookings Economic Studies program provides analysis of current and emerging economic issues to promote innovative and practical policy solutions.| Brookings
Immigration is good for the U.S. economy and for the fiscal picture at the federal level, but some local areas experience adverse fiscal impacts when new immigrants arrive. Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson propose a system for redistributing resources from the federal government to these localities.| Brookings
Most students who would have benefitted from affirmative action go to schools that didn't weigh race in admissions, according to new Brookings analysis.| Brookings