Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Immigration
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 4, 2012
April 2013 - Ninth District Insight
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 2, 2012
Published by the Community Development Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
December 2012 - Ninth District Insight
"Agripreneur" program helps rural Latinos become small-scale farmers
An initiative of Minneapolis-based Main Street Project teaches budding farmers, or "agripreneurs," to raise and sell poultry and other agricultural products as part of an emerging local food network.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Little Mogadishu in the All-America City? Somali entrepreneurship in Willmar, Minnesota
Somali immigrants encounter acceptance and some challenges as they establish businesses in a small city in central Minnesota.
Nima Hassan
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Hispanic entrepreneurship grows, but barriers persist
Despite recent progress, Hispanic-owned firms lag behind in some respects. Fortunately, federal and nonprofit agencies offer programs designed to help close the gap.
Michou Kokodoko
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Fed Governor Duke tours Minneapolis marketplaces
On a recent visit, Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke toured two culturally diverse marketplaces that have helped revitalize their surrounding neighborhoods.
July 2010 - Community Dividend
Economic Myth Busters
Toby Madden, Rachel West
September 2009 - fedgazette
Minnesota Home Ownership Center assumes responsibility for EMHI
July 2009 - Community Dividend
New Markets Mortgage program broadens homeownership opportunities in Minnesota
A new profit-based mortgage product offered by the African Development Center in Minneapolis could help make homeownership possible for Muslims and other interest-averse communities.
Paula Woessner
July 2009 - Community Dividend
Fed releases report on concentrated poverty
January 2009 - Community Dividend
Community Affairs releases report on Hmong homeownership rates
November 2008 - Community Dividend
Directo a Mexico helps customers join the financial system
The Directo a Mexico remittance service could have two major benefits: helping financial institutions in the U.S. compete more effectively in the money-transfer market, and increasing the number of Me
Michael Grover, Jimmy Nguyen
November 2008 - Community Dividend
Accounting for Regional Migration Patterns and Homeownership Disparities in the Hmong-American Refugee Community, 1980-2000
An analysis of Hmong homeownership rates in the U.S. over the previous two decades, with a focus on examining gaps in rates among the geographic areas where Hmong refugees are concentrated.
Richard M. Todd, Michael Grover
October 2008 - Community Development Papers
Rolling the ICE dice
Immigrant workers play a key role in district labor markets, and employers and workers alike walk a legal tightrope.
Kathy Cobb
November 2007 - fedgazette
Stepping Beyond the Rice Fields
The Economics of Immigration--Winning Essay
Jordan Wong
September 2007 - The Region
