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To generate the kind of innovation that drives real growth at a company, people need a certain amount of face-to-face contact with their colleagues, says Senior Fellow Nick Bloom.

The robot revolution is a tsunami that's yet to come, Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson says in explaining his research on automation adoption.

The pandemic has led to a broad workforce upheaval not seen since World War II, says Erik Brynjolfsson, SIEPR Senior Fellow and director of the ��ɫ��Ӱ Digital Economy Lab [...]

Ed Lazear’s recently published research found flaws in long-held theories of how immigrants with varying education levels manage to migrate to the US & other advanced countries.

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan makes the case in this op-ed for reforms that can soften the blow of tax hikes needed to finance state unemployment benefits.

As policymakers consider economic recovery strategies, Susan Athey tells Congress that worker training is a crucial part of addressing the instability & job loss brought on by AI.

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan says California is "in for a lot of pain" with unemployment rates over 13 percent.

A SIEPR policy brief on working from home written by Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom informs this story on the pandemic's effect on the workplace.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Joseph Grundfest discusses the constitutional issues raised by legislation that uses race or gender as a basis for a quota.

The dream of intergenerational mobility is alive: children of immigrants generally experience greater socioeconomic success than they themselves do, according to Ran Abramitzky.

“There’s a spectrum of possible work relationships. And we want to both protect workers along that spectrum, but also allow some amount of flexibility," says Paul Oyer.

“What’s happening now is more companies that thought they could survive are giving up,” said Nicholas Bloom. “The most painful time to lose your job may well be coming up.”

“The euphoria [of working from home] is kind of peaking,” says SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom.

“We’re all suffering from Zoom overload and feeling worn down," says SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom.

A 2015 study by SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom found that allowing employees to work from home four out of five days a week yielded significant productivity gains.

“Training is not something that can be just left to the private sector . . . ultimately you are going to need public investment,” said Erik Brynjolfsson.

The explosion of working from home, coupled with anti-immigration administration policies, “creates the perfect storm for shifting high-tech jobs overseas,” said Nick Bloom.

Employees have no legal recourse against colleagues who they feel aren’t doing enough—or going overboard—to prevent the spread of COVID-19, said SIEPR Senior Fellow Alison Morantz.

A 2016 paper by SIEPR economists “suggests that black-owned businesses have more difficulty in accessing formal credit channels…[...]