Ohio Economic Experts Panel

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April 15, 2024: International Immigration

According to data from the Census Bureau, about 5% of Ohioans were not born in the United States. Last year, the American Immigration Council published a report on the role immigrants played in Ohio's workforce. They found that immigrants made up a bigger share of the workforce compared to their relative population.

Question A: International immigration has driven a significant portion of Ohio's Gross State Product growth over the past ten years.

Question B: An increase in the proportion of skilled immigrant workers has helped counteract human capital loss known as "brain drain" in Ohio over the past ten years.

Question C: International immigration has led to decreased wages for low-skill workers in Ohio over the past ten years.

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Goal: Policymakers need information from experts to craft policy that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a tool for promoting better policy outcomes by providing policymakers, policy influencers, and the public with the informed opinions of Ohio’s leading economists.

About: The Ohio Economic Experts Panel consists of over 40 economists from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio. Panelists answer monthly questions of relevance to state policy indicating the degree to which they agree or disagree with a policy question and their confidence in their answer based on available evidence.

The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a social bottom line service of Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

Suggest Questions : If you would like to suggest a question for the Ohio Economic Experts Panel, please email it to michael@sciotoanalysis.com. Questions most likely to be chosen will be those posed as agree/disagree propositions.