The Technology-Productivity-Inequality Nexus

An employee works on the production line at a factory of Chinese automaker JAC Motors in Weifang, Shandong province, China February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC18640505F0

Productive equity: The twin challenges of reviving productivity and reducing inequality

Thursday, May 23, 2019

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

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

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

The human costs of the productivity paradox in the USA

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

The middle productivity trap: Dynamics of productivity dispersion

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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

Finance, productivity, and distribution

Thomas Philippon

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Chalermpon Punnotok, CEO of CT Asia Robotics gives a hand to a robot during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand July 5, 2016. Picture taken July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RTX2L2XB

The productivity outlook: Pessimists versus optimists

Friday, August 26, 2016

Photo: Honda assembly line

The productivity slump—fact or fiction: The measurement debate

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Friday, August 26, 2016

Laborers work at a salt production site at the Sasyk-Sivash lake near the city of Yevpatoria, Crimea, September 25, 2015. The area has a long tradition of salt production, prepared from salt flats flooded with water from the Black Sea. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov - RTX1SHTI

The productivity slump: A summary of the evidence

Friday, August 26, 2016

A labourer sits on a pushcart loaded with spices at a busy market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, February 29, 2016.Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the federal budget unveiled on Monday to appeal to India's rural poor, officials familiar with his thinking said, in a strategy shift that could boost his ruling party in coming state elections but disappoint investors. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton - GF10000327856

Income distribution within countries: Rising inequality

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Monday, August 1, 2016

Workers assemble built-in appliances at the Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Cleveland

The slowdown in manufacturing productivity growth

Monday, August 1, 2016