Advancing Opportunity in California’s Inland Empire

This Brookings Institution study takes a strategic view to analyze the challenges and tools needed to support job creation and workforce development within California’s Inland Empire region. To advance opportunity, the report finds that the Inland Empire must provide more good jobs for persons without a college degree; invest in tradable industries, such as logistics, wholesale, or light manufacturing; provide education and workforce supports that facilitate workers in acquiring jobs in tradable industries; and address racial and gender gaps in the regional labor market.