Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that ...

U.S. labor productivity growth has been on the rise in recent years, gaining an average of 2.2% a quarter since 2023 due to public and private investments, new business formation, and surging ...

Productivity software was some of the first software developed for PCs, with the earliest word processors, spreadsheet editors and database management software predating the introduction of the ...