innovation. These include both improvements in physical capital, such as smart grids to aid integration of intermittent … innovation and discuss the lessons learnt for policy. We then discuss the need for complementary innovation in both physical …

robots, and a productivity-enhancing reallocation of labor across firms, away from non-adopters, and toward adopters. …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first … STEM-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this …

innovation. These include both improvements in physical capital, such as smart grids to aid integration of intermittent … innovation and discuss the lessons learnt for policy. We then discuss the need for complementary innovation in both physical …

increase in economic policy uncertainty on unemployment in recessions and expansions. We find the response of unemployment to … be statistically and economically larger in recessions. A state-contingent forecast error variance decomposition analysis … in recessions. …

which are typically followed by deeper recessions and slower recoveries. Housing finance has come to play a central role in …

productivity associated with the job changing brought in train by the two most recent recessions. Changes in match quality are the …Although the adverse labor market effects of economic recessions have been well documented, a notable omission in the … literature is how recessions impact workers’ job match quality. This paper considers the short and longer-term losses in …