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Labor Composition and the Recent Productivity Acceleration: Evidence From a Prototype Quarterly Industry Dataset

Over the medium- and long-term horizons, the contribution of labor composition to labor productivity growth lags individual and societal investments in human capital and other demographic changes. At higher frequencies (e.g., quarterly), labor composition impacts labor productivity growth via… Read more

By David Jang , Jon D. Samuels
Published

Quarterly Labor Input Measurement: Extending the Industry-Level Production Account to Business Cycle Frequencies

Industry-level labor input is conventionally measured annually, which averages away the sharpest movements in hours and workforce composition during rapid recessions. This paper extends the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis annual Industry-Level Production Account to a quarterly frequency for 63… Read more

By David Jang , Jon D. Samuels
Published

AI Utilization and Economic Performance

Do state-industry cells that report more intensive artificial intelligence (AI) use in 2025–2026 also exhibit stronger economic performance over 2016–2024? We combine a state-by-industry measure of worker-reported frequent AI use from the Gallup Workforce Panel with an industry-level measure of… Read more

By Christos A. Makridis, Tina Highfill, Jon D. Samuels
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Regional Price Parities for Health Care Services in the United States: Estimates from Commercial and Medicare Claims

This paper estimates price level inputs for health care services and incorporates them into the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parity (RPP) estimates. To do so, we use two large sources of health care claims data, covering both commercial payers and Medicare. We estimate state-… Read more

By Calvin Ackley, Kun Li, Kyle K. Hood
Published