The Technology-Productivity-Inequality Nexus

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Automated Guided Vehicles transport the chassis for 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles on the assembly line at General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC1E0AB539F0

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Advanced tech, but growth slow and unequal: Paradoxes and policies

Zia Qureshi

Monday, March 26, 2018

A woman walks past a fenced-up store in downtown Gary, Indiana, October 23, 2013. Struggling U.S. Rust Belt cities for years have tried to counter the loss of manufacturing jobs with big, expensive projects including casinos and stadiums. Now, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is going small with strategic, narrowly focused ideas such as selling vacant homes for $1, demolishing derelict buildings and basic neighborhood clean-up projects that produce immediate results. Picture taken October 23. To match story USA-CITIES/RUSTBELT REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E9BA03NY01

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The human costs of the productivity paradox in the USA

Carol Graham

Friday, December 1, 2017

General view of the assembly line of the new Ford Fiesta in Cologne, February 4, 2013. Europe's car sales fell last month to their lowest February level in at least 23 years, industry figures showed March 19, 2013, dwindling to the sort of trickle usually only seen during the August holiday when cities are empty. Ford Motor Co has been one of the biggest casualties, with sales dropping at twice the rate of the overall market's decline for a third straight month. Its sales dropped 20.8 percent to 53,660 cars. Ford is cutting back its European production capacity with three plant closures, including its Genk factory in Belgium, to stem regional losses. Picture taken February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - BM2E93J0VMM01

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The middle productivity trap: Dynamics of productivity dispersion

Dany Bahar

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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FILE PHOTO: An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo - RC14B58FFA50

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Today’s economic puzzles: A tale of weakening competition

Zia Qureshi

Thursday, April 5, 2018

A shanty town is seen in front of the skyline of Manila's financial district of Makati City March 5, 2008. A third of the entire Philippine population were considered poor at the end of 2006, up from 30 percent in 2003 and back to 2000 level, the government's latest official poverty statistics showed.

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Globalization, technology, and inequality: It’s the policies, stupid

Zia Qureshi

Friday, February 16, 2018

A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

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Productivity is key to economic growth: Why is it slowing down in advanced economies?

Dany Bahar

Monday, September 25, 2017

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A screen displays the the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC1C904B2020

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The danger in today’s good economic news

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

A humanoid robot works side by side with employees in the assembly line at a factory of Glory Ltd., a manufacturer of automatic change dispensers, in Kazo, north of Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2015. Japanese firms are ramping up spending on robotics and automation, responding at last to premier Shinzo Abe's efforts to stimulate the economy and end two decades of stagnation and deflation. Picture taken July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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The not-so-dire future of work

Zia Qureshi

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Employees work at an electric car production line in Weifang, Shandong province, China December 1, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - RC18624BAC90

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A more productive debate about productivity

Zia Qureshi

Thursday, December 22, 2016

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Zia Qureshi

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Kemal Derviş

Nonresident Distinguished Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Dany Bahar

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University

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Productive equity and why it matters to the G-20

Zia Qureshi

Monday, July 3, 2017

Samsung's new Samsung Pay mobile wallet system is demonstrated at its Australian launch in Sydney, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Matt Siegel - S1AETLGRVQAA

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Finance, productivity, and distribution

Thomas Philippon

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Robots work on automotive parts at a production facility of Austrian specialty steel maker Voestalpine in Linz, Austria September 7, 2016. Picture taken September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader - RTX2ON4X

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Probing the productivity paradox

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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Research

Advanced tech, but growth slow and unequal: Paradoxes and policies

The human costs of the productivity paradox in the USA

The middle productivity trap: Dynamics of productivity dispersion

Blog Posts

Today’s economic puzzles: A tale of weakening competition

Globalization, technology, and inequality: It’s the policies, stupid

Productivity is key to economic growth: Why is it slowing down in advanced economies?

Op-Eds

The danger in today’s good economic news

The not-so-dire future of work

A more productive debate about productivity

Events

Gone with the headwinds: Global productivity

KDI-Brookings Workshop on the Productivity Puzzle

Chumir-Brookings Project Workshop

Experts

Zia Qureshi

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Kemal Derviş

Nonresident Distinguished Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Dany Bahar

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University

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Productive equity and why it matters to the G-20

Finance, productivity, and distribution

Probing the productivity paradox