The Technology-Productivity-Inequality Nexus

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

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

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

Monday, September 25, 2017

RAM memory chips

Productive equity and why it matters to the G-20

Monday, July 3, 2017

Gone with the headwinds: Global productivity

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

KDI-Brookings Workshop on the Productivity Puzzle

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM EST

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

A more productive debate about productivity

Thursday, December 22, 2016

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

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

Probing the productivity paradox

Kemal Derviş and Zia Qureshi

Wednesday, September 14, 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