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A new study reveals that expanded access to high-quality internet could lead to a sustained boost in worker productivity. Research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom is featured.
July 28, 2021
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Evaluating the future of work in California
SIEPR & the 好色App Digital Economy Lab are conducting research that will help evaluate how artificial intelligence & machine learning will impact the future of work in California
July 19, 2021
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Spoiler alert: Research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom indicates who will be the post-pandemic winners (high-income workers) and losers (downtown landlords).
June 14, 2021
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"When it comes to AI's effect on the workforce, the real challenge is wages, not jobs," says SIEPR senior fellow Erik Brynjolfsson.
May 20, 2021
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The surge in working from home is leading firms to spend heavily on connectivity, says SIEPR鈥檚 Nick Bloom.
May 03, 2021
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In a story on California's unemployment chaos and growing debt, SIEPR Director Mark Duggan did not mince words: "It's the worst. The most regressive. Appalling. [...]"
March 29, 2021
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SIEPR Senior Fellow Nick Bloom is cited for his research on working from home and what he calls the "donut effect" on city centers as commuters switch to WFH post-pandemic.
March 24, 2021
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Companies plotting work-from-home options will be making trade-offs between creativity and productivity, writes SIEPR's Nick Bloom.
March 21, 2021
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In this London-based audio interview, SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses diversity risks and other impacts of working from home.
March 16, 2021
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Research by faculty fellows Maria Polyakova and Petra Persson is cited to discuss the rates at which relatives follow one another into the medical profession.
March 12, 2021
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The productivity boost to the U.S. economy from remote work could be as high as 2.5 percent, according to research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Nick Bloom.
March 05, 2021
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SIEPR Director Mark Duggan spells out the need for unemployment insurance reform.
February 23, 2021
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New research by SIEPR senior fellows Pascaline Dupas and Muriel Niederle, and their colleagues, adds to the growing evidence of gender bias in the economics profession.
February 23, 2021
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"If Texas is already straining, think about all the strain on the horizon," SIEPR Director Mark Duggan says.
February 20, 2021
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SIEPR senior fellows Pascaline Dupas and Muriel Niederle join more than 90 other economists in producing a study showing how women economists are treated differently than men.
February 09, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses the pandemic鈥檚 effect on remote work, his research on the 鈥渄onut effect鈥 on city centers and more in this public radio discussion.
February 08, 2021
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SIEPR senior fellows John Taylor and John Cogan explain in this op-ed how stimulus checks will not promote economic growth.
January 13, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom talks about "the donut effect"鈥 or shift away from city centers 鈥 & how many firms are considering the hybrid system of working from home even after the pandemic
December 30, 2020
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Steep taxes and living costs combined with a rise in remote work are threatening California鈥檚 role as the center of tech [...]
December 20, 2020
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The pandemic's toll on California is "amplifying inequalities," says SIEPR Director Mark Duggan. "A hell of a lot of people in California are really struggling [...]
December 14, 2020