The problem with growing corporate concentration and power in the global food system

J Clapp - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
What are the potential consequences when a relatively small number of large firms come to
dominate markets within the global food system? This Perspective examines the …

The elusive explanation for the declining labor share

GM Grossman, E Oberfield - Annual Review of Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
A vast literature seeks to measure and explain the apparent decline in the labor share in
national income that has occurred in recent times in the United States and elsewhere. The …

[HTML][HTML] Sellers' inflation, profits and conflict: why can large firms hike prices in an emergency?

IM Weber, E Wasner - Review of Keynesian Economics, 2023 - elgaronline.com
The dominant view of inflation holds that it is macroeconomic in origin and must always be
tackled with macroeconomic tightening. In contrast, we argue that the US COVID-19 inflation …

AI adoption in America: Who, what, and where

K McElheran, JF Li, E Brynjolfsson… - … of Economics & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We study the early adoption and diffusion of five artificial intelligence (AI)‐related
technologies (automated‐guided vehicles, machine learning, machine vision, natural …

Digitalization generates equality? Enterprises' digital transformation, financing constraints, and labor share in China

C Li, P Huo, Z Wang, W Zhang, F Liang… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
A decline in labor share increases income inequality and hinders economic growth.
Enterprises are accelerating digital transformation (DT), however, how this affects labor …

Monopsony in the US labor market

C Yeh, C Macaluso, B Hershbein - American Economic Review, 2022 - aeaweb.org
This paper quantifies employer market power in US manufacturing and how it has changed
over time. Using administrative data, we estimate plant-level markdowns—the ratio between …

Tasks, automation, and the rise in US wage inequality

D Acemoglu, P Restrepo - Econometrica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We document that between 50% and 70% of changes in the US wage structure over the last
four decades are accounted for by relative wage declines of worker groups specialized in …

Digital technologies, innovation, and skills: Emerging trajectories and challenges

T Ciarli, M Kenney, S Massini, L Piscitello - Research Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to better understand the complex and dialectical relationships between digital
technologies, innovation, and skills, it is necessary to improve our understanding of the …

The labor market impacts of technological change: From unbridled enthusiasm to qualified optimism to vast uncertainty

D Autor - 2022 - nber.org
This review considers the evolution of economic thinking on the relationship between digital
technology and inequality across four decades, encompassing four related but intellectually …

Ecosystem leadership as a dynamic capability

N Foss, J Schmidt, D Teece - Long range planning, 2023 - research.aalto.fi
We analyze the role and effect of ecosystem leadership understood as the exercise of effort
towards others with the purpose of establishing and maintaining an ecosystem around a …