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We use big data and econometric tools to shed light on income inequality, gender wage gaps, labor markets, and innovation.

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November 2023

The Power of Proximity to Coworkers

Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington, Amanda Pallais

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Bottlenecks: Sectoral Imbalances and the US Productivity Slowdown 

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Christina Patterson

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Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?

Daron Acemoglu, Gary Anderson, David Beede, Catherine Buffington, Eric Childress, Emin Dinlersoz, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, John Haltiwanger, Zachary Kroff, Pascual Restrepo, Nikolas Zolas

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Power and Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson

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Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: The Role of Structural Transformation

David Autor, Christina Patterson, and John Van Reenen

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Redesigning the US Army’s Branching Process: A Case Study in Minimalist Market Design

Kyle Greenberg, Parag Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez

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Patenting with the Stars: Where are Technology Leaders Leading the Labor Market?

David Autor, Anna Salomons, and Bryan Seegmiller

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Robots and Workers: Evidence from the Netherlands

Daron Acemoglu, Hans R.A. Koster, and Ceren Ozgen

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The Unexpected Compression: Competition at Work in the Low Wage Labor Market

David Autor, Arindrajit Dube, and Annie McGrew

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Distorted Innovation: Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?

Daron Acemoglu

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Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson

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Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey

Daron Acemoglu, Gary Anderson, David Beede, Cathy Buffington, Eric Childress, Emin Dinlersoz, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, John Haltiwanger, Zachary Kroff, Pascual Restrepo, and Nikolas Zolas

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Education

Empirical Strategies in Economics: Illuminating the path from cause to effect

Joshua Angrist

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The rise of age-friendly jobs

Daron Acemoglu, Nicolaj Søndergaard Mühlbach, and Andrew J. Scott

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Tasks, Automation, and Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality

Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo

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New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018

David Autor, Caroline Chin, Anna M. Salomons, and Bryan Seegmiller

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