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The U.S. economy has largely recovered from the Great Recession with a solid streak of private sector job growth -- growth began again in 2009 and has averaged an annual growth rate of 2.1% since then -- but the economy can still be pushed for new and innovative ways to create jobs. Increasing high-skilled immigration has been touted by politicians as a potential economy-boosting solution because it promotes the growth of American service sectors and fulfills positions in critical STEm work-fields. New research from the Harvard Business School has shown that immigrants are disproportionately represented in the field of entrepreneurship; despite the fact that immigrants comprise only 15% of the American population, they represent 24% of the pool of entrepreneurs.