Automation & Artificial Intelligence: How Machines Are Affecting People and Places
February 14, 2019
This report details how automation and AI will likely have many positive impacts on the U.S. economy, despite the uncertainty and disquiet they are currently engendering, the trick is going to be to recall as a nation that technological change doesn’t “just happen” but that it can be shaped.
Where Have All the Workers Gone?
September 30, 2017
This paper is "An Inquiry into the Decline of the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate" from the BPEA Conference Drafts, September 7-8, 2017.
America’s Advanced Industries: What They Are, Where They Are, and Why They Matter
April 9, 2017
This report identifies a distinct yet overlooked part of the economy, the advanced industries sector, that is at once critical to national wellbeing and under pressure from eroding competitiveness and national economic drift.
Beyond Shovel-Ready: The Extent and Impact of U.S. Infrastructure Jobs
April 6, 2017
This report sheds new light on the widespread contributions that infrastructure jobs make to the nation’s economy, including their importance at the metropolitan level.
Mapping Freight: The Highly Concentrated Nature of Goods Trade in the United States
April 6, 2017
This report explores the major trade corridors connecting different regions of the country, revealing the importance of particular places in the nation’s freight network.
