The UK is currently facing two inter-related socio-economic challenges. One is the now well-
documented 'productivity puzzle'; the crisis of persistent low productivity growth across the …

The argument that human society can decouple economic growth—defined as growth in
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—from growth in environmental impacts is appealing. If such …

Since the digital revolution, the pace of technological change has arguably been faster than
ever before. In particular, technology adoption lags have shortened considerably over the …

We estimate direct and indirect effects of total factor productivity growth in manufacturing on
US workers' earnings, housing costs, and purchasing power. Drawing on four alternative …

We observe a growing empirical literature on the divergence between labor productivity and
compensation on a global scale. Empirical evidence of the decoupling for the OECD and …

The long-run evolution of rent sharing is empirically studied. Based upon a comprehensive
and harmonized panel of the top 300 publicly quoted British companies over thirty five years …

We first estimate the direct effects on local workers' earnings and housing costs from
increases in local labor demand caused by gains in city-level manufacturing productivity. We …

Labour markets across the globe have recently been characterized by rising wage
inequality, real wage stagnation or both. Most academic work to date considers each in …

This IEA publication deals head-on with a number of widely quoted myths about the market
economy. In the case of the philosophical myths, such as the idea that economists believe …

UK workers have been experiencing unprecedented falls in real wages and living
standards. Taking a balanced view of the available data suggests that since 2008 real …