Inclusive Productivity Network

Highly recommended! "Stop pretending you know what AI does to the economy" by Noah Smith. noahpinion.blog/p/stop-pretend…

📢 Just a few weeks left! Submit your paper by Aug 1st to be part of our 4th Annual Conference on Economic Opportunity (Oct 9–10), featuring opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a keynote by @DavidAutor. A great platform for both junior and senior scholars to share their work. ⬇️

📢The Call for Papers for @EJ_RES special issue ‘Labor Market Effects of Immigration with Micro Data’ is now open. ⏰Deadline: 15 October 2025. 👉 More info & submit: bit.ly/3IPTH1i @albertobisin @JoanMonrasEcon @RoyalEconSoc @OUPSocSci #EconTwitter

Wow, super interesting! "What Does Consulting Do?" by G. Bijnens, S. Jäger, and B. Schoefer "...we find positive effects on labor productivity of 3.6% over five years, driven by modest employment reductions alongside stable or growing revenue." nber.org/papers/w34072

Looking forward to that! A language model built for the public good "ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure." ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…

This is a highly relevant issue! "Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy?" by John Burn-Murdoch ft.com/content/0c628b…

This looks super valuable! "Foundations of Economic Thought", an open online course by The Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets sites.google.com/view/foundatio…

A very valuable overview! "The Implications of Aging And Migration on Growth and Productivity" G20 Background Note, prepared by Staff of the International Monetary Fund. imf.org/en/Research/IM…

Forthcoming in the AER: "Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development" by Francesco Amodio, Pamela Medina, and Monica Morlacco. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Highly relevant! OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Industrial Raw Materials 2025 oecd.org/en/publication…

Open call for papers, Economics of Talent Conference. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on November 7, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on August 31, 2025. More information: nber.org/calls-papers-a…

Open call for papers, Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century. Conference to be held virtually on October 24, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on September 3, 2025. More information: nber.org/calls-papers-a…

Food for thought! "Understanding the impact of private equity on employees" by Herkenhoff, Lerner, Phillips, Rebelo, and Sampson. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

The locations of ancient ports near the Mediterranean reveal that large cities cast “agglomeration shadows” that discourage economic activity in nearby areas. @ChicagoBooth's Richard Hornbeck, Guy Michaels, & Ferdinand Rauch bfi.uchicago.edu/insights/ident…

Wow, super interesting! "On the Nature of Entrepreneurship" by Anmol Bhandari, Tobey Kass, Thomas J. May, Ellen R. McGrattan, and Evan Schulz. minneapolisfed.org/research/staff…

Super interesting! OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2025 "This report presents a comprehensive overview of both recent and long-term trends in productivity levels and growth across OECD countries and, where possible, in accession countries." oecd.org/en/publication…

Highly relevant! "Technifying Ventures" by Ando, Dinlersoz, Greenwood, Piazzesi "This study investigates the startup process, focusing specifically on how a firm’s employment and revenue outcomes are linked to its adoption of advanced technologies..." nber.org/papers/w33993

A crucial question! "Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries?" by Melissa Schettini Kearney and Phillip B. Levine. "...the evidence points to a broad reordering of adult priorities with parenthood occupying a diminished role." nber.org/papers/w33989

Thought-provoking! "Flow of Ideas: Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge" by Francesco Cinnirella, Erik Hornung, and Julius Koschnick. academic.oup.com/ej/article/135…

Food for thought! "Borrowing Constraints, Markups, and Misallocation" by Huiyu Li, Chen Lian, Yueran Ma, and Emily Martell. nber.org/papers/w33960