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Signs of Slowdown Growing in Texas; Price Pressures Ease
The Texas economy continued expanding in June and July, though at a decelerating pace compared with earlier this year.
Texas Rebound Likely Slowed by Renewed COVID-19 Impact on Services, Retail
Indicative of slowing job expansion, the Texas unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in September from 6.8 percent in August and exceeded the national rate (7.9 percent) for the first time since March.
Journal Article
New disruption from artificial intelligence exposes high-skilled workers
With workers still grappling with the consequences of automation, the lightning-speed pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development poses fresh concerns of a new wave of worker displacement.
Working from Home During a Pandemic: It’s Not for Everyone
Because working remotely can offset the negative effects of shelter-in-place and social distancing policies on employment and earnings, knowing how many workers can do so is crucial to understanding the impact of such measures on our workforce.
Journal Article
Go Figure: Women Took Brunt of Pandemic Job Loss as Priorities Shifted to Home
Working women fared worse than men in the pandemic—a reversal from the Great Recession
Shift to Working from Home Diminished Large Cities' Productivity Premium
Since the start of the pandemic, the reduced presence of in-office workers has reduced the wage premium attached to large cities and may have diminished the productivity edge of these areas.
Working Paper
The Rising Value of Time and the Origin of Urban Gentrification
In recent decades, gentrification has transformed American central city neighborhoods. I estimate a spatial equilibrium model to show that the rising value of high-skilled workers? time contributes to the gentrification of American central cities. I show that the increasing value of time raises the cost of commuting and exogenously increases the demand for central locations by high-skilled workers. While change in the value of time has a modest direct effect on gentrification of central cities, the effect is substantially magnified by endogenous amenity improvement driven by the changes in ...
Journal Article
Gentrification Transforming Neighborhoods in Big Texas Cities
As an influx of new, affluent residents has descended on gentrifying neighborhoods around the centers of Texas’ four largest cities, neighborhood amenities have improved. Meanwhile, increasing housing costs have led some low-income households and at-risk populations to locate in more suburban areas.
Texas Economy Strongly Expands Despite Supply-Chain Disruptions, Hiring Challenges
There has been strong upward pressure on prices and wages, though there were some signs of abatement in July. The hot housing market continued to push up apartment rents, housing prices and construction.
Journal Article
Texas economy rides wave of changing technology and diffusion of know-how
Data on patents and employment show that Texas is a major center of innovation and high-tech employment.