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John Couch Haltiwanger is an American economist who has served since 2013 as the Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of… more

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Congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt and Joel Mokyr for a well deserved Nobel Prize. It was nice to see the US Census Bureau's Business Dynamic Statistics featured in the motivating evidence in the scientific writeup: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025...
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Census Business Formation Statistics (www.census.gov/econ/bfs/ind...) released today for February 2025. Applications in High Tech (NAICS 51 + 54) show robust projected employer business startups over next 8 quarters. February shows recovery from January dip but not as high as December 2024.
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New business applications for likely employers are a novel leading economic indicator, from Jose Asturias, Emin Dinlersoz, John C. Haltiwanger, Rebecca J. Hutchinson, and Alyson Plumb https://www.nber.org/papers/w33224
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Projected new employer businesses remain high in High Tech sectors: Information (NAICS 51) + Professional, Scientific and Technical (NAICS 54)
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New Business Applications increased in November 2024 remaining at high levels relative to 2019. Applications in November 2024 for likely employers 46% higher than average month in 2019.
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The recent increase in US wage inequality is driven by a small number of industries, according to researchers at the University of Maryland, US Census Bureau, and IZA. High-wage workers are increasingly sorting into high-wage industries, such as high-tech. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
The polarization of industry wages
A small set of industries accounts for the rise in US earnings inequality over the last two decades.
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Pandemic Start-Ups Are Thriving, and Helping to Fuel the Economy
A record surge in new businesses has helped drive job growth, and could have longer-term benefits.
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We have updated our findings from the BPEA paper recently. See:

rdeckernet.github.io/website/DH_b...
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Ryan Decker and I have studied the surge in new business applications finding that it has led to a surge in new employer businesses. See:
www.brookings.edu/articles/sur...
Surging business formation in the pandemic: Causes and consequences?
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NAS Report on AI and the Future of Work Released today:
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