Crain's Detroit Business,
3/27/2007
Immigrants to the area are positively contributing to Metro Detroit's economy.
Excerpt:
A
study [director of research for the United Way of Southeastern Michigan Kurt] Metzger conducted in 2000 showed that about three-quarters of
Asian Indians had graduated from college. More than 60 percent of
Chinese and Japanese had received four-year degrees, and almost 50
percent of those of Korean descent had.
“We are getting this
educated, young immigrant group that can provide that base that
businesses are looking for,” he said. “They’re educated and talented
enough to start new businesses.”
And they are coming at a time when Detroit’s native-born are leaving.
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