CSIP: Analysis in Brief

Analysis in Brief

... all the progress that the US has made over the last couple of centuries has come from ... figuring out how to produce more goods with fewer workers, thereby releasing labor to be more productive in other areas. It has never come about through permanent unemployment, but temporary unemployment, in the process of shifting people from one area to another.

Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences

In Short

At Issue

Productivity

Computers and Wage Inequality

Technological Progress

Education

Other Useful Sites (external links)

The Digital Economy 2003 • Dept. of Commerce
Labor Productivity, Defined and Measured • BLS
Multifactor Productivity, Defined and Measured • BLS
Productivity, The Ledger • FRB Boston
Tech Pulse Index • FRB New York
Technology and the Digital Economy • Milken Institute

Viewing Room

courtesy of Nick Cowie

Selected presentations by CSIP affiliates.

Does A Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Productivity Growth, Wages, and Relative Prosperity

Rising IT Production in China: Challenges and Opportunities

The Western Productivity Advantage

Occasional Essays

courtesy of Karol Wiszniewski

The U.S. Economy: Prospects and a Puzzle Revisited
Janet Yellen
Speech to Money Marketeers of NYU
April 26th, 2007

Shaping the Economy: Innovation and Productivity
Frederick Furlong
FRBSF Annual Report 2004

Recent Productivity Growth: The Role of Information Technology and Other Innovations
Martin N. Baily
Economic Review 2004

CSIP Notes

Economics Letters

Includes CSIP Notes (2004-) and FRBSF Economic Letters on similar subjects from previous years.

"Research on the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus: Symposium Summary." Wilson. EL2008-20

"The Economics of Private Equity Investments: Symposium Summary." Lopez. EL2008-08

"Recent Trends in Economic Volatility: Conference Summary." Notzon · Wilson. EL2008-06

"Changing Productivity Trends." Trehan. EL2007-25

"Trends in Bay Area IT Employment." Hsueh. EL2007-23

"The Costs and Value of New Medical Technologies: Symposium Summary." Valletta. EL2007-18

"Will Fast Productivity Growth Persist?." Fernald · Thipphavong · Trehan. EL2007-09

"The U.S. Productivity Acceleration and the Current Account Deficit." Valderrama. EL2007-08

"Financial Innovations and the Real Economy: Conference Summary." Doms · Fernald · Lopez. EL2007-05

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