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Wage Growth and Labor Market Tightness Sebastian Heise, Jeremy Pearce, and Jacob P. Weber #WageGrowth #LaborMarket #AMEC >>> nyfed.org/4eWRwU6

Good measures of labor market tightness are essential to predict wage growth. Our blog develops a new index that highlights the importance of incorporating all job searchers, not just the unemployed. The new index shows tightness has fallen to 2018 levels. Jacob Weber + S. Heise

Nice to see the NY Fed president reference my work with Jeremy Pearce and Sebastian Heise on measuring labor market tightness! The theory underlying our approach is based on joint work with Seung Joo Lee and Justin Bloesch newyorkfed.org/newsevents/spe…

Pre-doc job announcement! Salata Institute is hiring fellows to work with Anna Russo, Wolfram Schlenker, Charles Taylor, and myself on environmental economics! Application review will begin on 10/31 and continue on a rolling basis. Please apply and share! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

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RA Hire Alert: I'm hiring an RA to work with me on the economics of technological growth, innovation, & AI. The position is based at MIT (FutureTech). Please spread the word: futuretech.mit.edu/opportunities/…

Firms' investment in research & development for new technologies constitutes a central driver of productivity growth in the U.S manufacturing sector. In today's post, the authors ask if the observed slowdown in productivity may be due to a decline in R&D. nyfed.org/40kyBy1

Jeremy Pearce and I identify a puzzling trend in US manufacturing: productivity growth has been slowing down while the sector's R&D intensity has been rising. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/01/the-rd…

Using Danish data to show IQ and education drive high-impact entrepreneurship, while family ties matter more for average entrepreneurs, from Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Jeremy Pearce, and Marta Prato nber.org/papers/w33766