employment protection, unemployment benefits and unemployment benefits have been the main contributors. Technology and … gained labor share driven by productivity aided by flexible work environments, while low- and mid-skilled workers lost labor …

We study the economic effects of information technology (IT) adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data on IT … adoption covering almost three million establishments in the US, we find that technology adoption can partly shield the economy …

Motivated by the world-wide surge of FinTech lending, we analyze the implications of lenders' information technology …-performing loans during the crisis. Our results suggest that technology adoption in lending can enhance financial stability through the …

decouple via 'preferential attachment' - id est by aligning themselves with the hub they trade most with. All global technology …

This paper examines the impact of highway expansion on aggregate productivity growth and sectoral reallocation between … and indirect impact of trade costs on city productivity. I then construct an instrumental variable to examine the causal … productivity growth by facilitating firm entry, exit and reallocation. I also find evidence that the national highway system led to …

. Using cross-country enterprise survey data, this paper shows that firms engaged in e-commerce have higher productivity and … percent higher productivity and generate about 50 percent more of their revenues from exports. The results presented in this … productivity and exports when essential elements are in place for its effective use, such as reliable electricity …

Italy's labor productivity in market services has declined since 2000, underperforming manufacturing and peer European …