China Shock 2.0, the one that’s fast approaching, is where China goes from underdog to favorite. Today, it is aggressively contesting the innovative sectors where the United…
July 2025, Paper: Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local agencies and that rely on…
June 10, 2025, Opinion: "Advanced economies’ most glaring failure, reflected in divided societies and polarized politics, has been their inability to deliver adequate numbers of…
May 2025, Paper: "Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by declining shares of the labor force employed in agriculture, increasing labor productivity in…
July 2025, Paper: "How does improving access to the supply of energy affect regional specialization in manufacturing? We evaluate the long-run employment impacts of pipelines…
April 6, 2025, Opinion: "From the White House Rose Garden, President Trump called it “Liberation Day” for the United States, but in garment factories in Hanoi and Phnom Penh, the…
March 2025, Paper: "We examine changes in the spatial distribution of good jobs across US commuting zones over 1980-2000 and 2000-2021. We define good jobs as those in industries…
The future of developing countries is in services as that is where the jobs will be. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services must be an essential priority, for reasons…
January 21, 2025, Video: "As a revival of economic nationalism and industrial policy reshapes the world, governments are racing to shore up their readiness to attract investment…
January 2025, Paper: "We analyze the distinct adjustment paths of U.S. labor markets (places) and U.S. workers (people) to increased Chinese import competition during the 2000s.…
