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Long social distancing
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246562
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Long Social Distancing
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
More than ten percent of Americans with recent work experience say they will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and another 45 percent will do so in limited ways. We uncover this Long Social Distancing phenomenon in our monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435130
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Work from Home and Disability Employment
Bloom, Nicholas; Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
There has been a dramatic rise in disability employment in the US since the pandemic, a pattern mirrored in other … microdata, we find the increase in disability employment is concentrated in occupations with high levels of working from home … increases full-time employment by 1.1% for individuals with a physical disability. A back of the envelope calculation reveals …
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Management and Misallocation in Mexico
Bloom, Nicholas; Iacovone, Leonardo; Pereira-López, Mariana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We argue that greater misallocation is a key driver of the worse management practices in Mexico compared to the US. These management practices are strongly associated with higher productivity, growth, trade, and innovation. One indicator of greater misallocation in Mexico is the weaker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938686
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Why Working from Home Will Stick
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
COVID-19 drove a mass social experiment in working from home (WFH). We survey more than 30,000 Americans over multiple waves to investigate whether WFH will stick, and why. Our data say that 20 percent of full workdays will be supplied from home after the pandemic ends, compared with just 5...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510610
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The Diffusion of Disruptive Technologies
Bloom, Nicholas; Hassan, Tarek A.; Kalyani, Aakash; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We identify novel technologies using textual analysis of patents, job postings, and earnings calls. Our approach enables us to identify and document the diffusion of 29 disruptive technologies across firms and labor markets in the U.S. Five stylized facts emerge from our data. First, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599289
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The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Bennhoff, Frederik H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper monetizes the life-cycle intragenerational and intergenerational benefits of the Perry Preschool Project, a pioneering high-quality early childhood education program implemented before Head Start that targeted disadvantaged African-Americans and was evaluated by a randomized trial. It...
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The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
higher levels of education and employment, lower levels of criminal activity, and better health than children of the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599347
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Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level
Heckman, James J.; Loughlin, Colleen P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
of graduation, post-collegiate employment, and earnings. Benefits in terms of social mobility for disadvantaged and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599362
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Internet Access and its Implications for Productivity, Inequality, and Resilience
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
service conditional on age, employment status, earnings, working arrangements, and other controls. In short, universal access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599392