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Go Figure: Mexico’s Openness Makes Peso Vulnerable
Globally Competitive Texas Exports Sensitive to U.S. Trade Policy
Texas, the nation’s largest exporting state, enjoys a strong position in world trade. The state continues to see exports climb, and it exhibits a manufacturing edge in energy-related products and intermediate goods based on an index of comparative advantage.
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Gone to Texas: Migration Vital to Growth in the Lone Star State
Texas has relied on a large and sustained influx of workers from other states and other countries. These transplants?making up nearly half of the state?s workforce?account for an even larger share of Texas? growth than their relative numbers. Significantly, this inflow brought the types of workers most in demand.
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Spotlight: Texas Pre-K Enrollment Exceeds U.S. Rate
Texas since 1985 has required public school districts to offer half-day prekindergarten to 4-year-olds who meet certain criteria?and schools may extend enrollment to 3-year-olds. During the 2016?17 school year, 49.4 percent of Texas 4-year-olds were enrolled in state-backed pre-K programs, compared with 32.7 percent nationally.
Working Paper
How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?
U.S. GDP growth is anticipated to remain sluggish over the next decade, and slow labor force growth is a key underlying reason. Admitting more immigrants is one way U.S. policymakers can bolster growth in the workforce and the economy. A larger role for immigrant workers also can help mitigate other symptoms of the economy’s long-run malaise, such as low productivity growth, declining domestic geographic mobility, and falling entrepreneurship, as well as help address the looming mismatch between the skills U.S. employers want and the skills U.S. workers have. While some might argue that ...
Trade Tensions Cloud Outlook as Texas Experiences Moderate Growth
The region’s moderate expansion continues, despite a weakening outlook. Job gains were solid in May, with most industries and major metros adding to payrolls, and labor markets remaining historically tight.
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Noteworthy: inequality, well-being, energy
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High Texas Student Loan Delinquency Rates Underscore Deeper Challenges
Texas student loan borrowers have lower debt balances but higher delinquencies than the national average. Debt loads have increased in recent years, further challenging Texas students, who are already more likely than their counterparts nationally to work while in school.
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Go Figure: Remittances to Central America Soar
Journal Article
Position as Top Exporting State Exposes Texas to Shifting Trade Policy
Texas enjoys a strong position in world trade, benefiting from its comparative advantage in energy-related manufacturing and intermediate goods exports. As the nation?s No. 1 exporting state, Texas faces challenges from shifting trade policies, which tend to erode the cost advantages that benefit the state?s leading sectors globally.