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Maggie Switek, PhD
Maggie Switek, PhD, is senior director of the Milken Institute’s Research Department, where she h
eads all projects related to competitiveness and access to economic opportunities across regions and communities
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Micah Rabin
Micah Rabin is a research intern with the Research Department at the Milken Institute. She suppor
ts the department’s research portfolio in international finance.
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Jade Clemons
Jade Clemons is associate director of the Center for Regional Economics at the Milken Institute i
n Santa Monica.
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Alissa Dubetz
Alissa Dubetz is a senior policy analyst at the Milken Institute’s Center for Regional Economics.
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Katherine Sacks, PhD
Katherine Sacks is an Associate Director in health economics within the Research Department.
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Global Opportunity Index 2022: White Paper
The Global Opportunity Index assesses countries' attractiveness to international investors using a
combination of economic, financial, institutional, and regulatory factors.
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Global Opportunity Index 2022: Focus on Emerging Southeast Asia
This report uses the 2022 Global Opportunity Index (GOI) and its various categories to examine the
attractiveness of emerging Southeast Asia as a foreign investment destination—especially when compared to other emerging markets and developing economies
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2021 Milken Institute California Policy Forum: Takeaways and Recommendations
The COVID-19 pandemic not only exposed social and economic weaknesses throughout California, but hi
ghlighted the deficits in infrastructure, housing, and workforce development that have exacerbated inequities over time.
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An Inclusive Economic Development Roadmap for California's Inland Empire
While Southern California's Inland Empire has experienced above-average job growth and increased hi
gh-tech output for the better part of a decade, employment in high-tech industries has fallen over the same period. Fewer workers are reaping the ben
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Exploring the Role of Microbusinesses in Economic Growth and Recovery for US Cities
The Milken Institute’s 2021 Best-Performing Cities (BPC) index compares the recent perfor
mance of metro areas with a focus on job growth, wage growth, and high-tech GDP growth.
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Share the Data: Overcoming Trade-Offs in Tech Regulation
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The Community Explorer: Informing Policy with County-Level Data
The Community Explorer investigates US health disparities by first understanding populati
ons’ specificities then looking at their health profile.
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