Topic GDP 2.0

Some of our most prominent economic statistics measure change in the total output of the U.S. economy. But this single number approach to economic progress rings hollow with many workers, who wonder why they aren’t seeing prosperity in their own lives. The goal of our GDP 2.0 project is to break down these monolithic numbers and understand how the economy is performing for Americans of different income levels, different regions of the country, and more.

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New research doesn’t overturn consensus on rising U.S. income inequality

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GDP 2.0: Measuring who prospers when the U.S. economy grows

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Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality

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New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States

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Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity

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Disaggregating growth

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Explore Content in GDP 2.0204

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Distributional consequences of changes in labor demand and amenities: Evidence from linked census data

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U.S. top one percent of income earners hit new high in 2015 amid strong economic growth

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Are U.S. government economic surveys reaching the right mix of respondents?

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Are low-interest rates contributing to low business investment?

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How high levels of inequality might change what innovation we see

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The shadow incarceration casts on employment and income gains

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When it comes to causality, no one technique should have all that power

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You filed your taxes. Congrats, you’re administrative data!

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Investing in social infrastructure as an anti-recession tool

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Intragenerational income mobility in the United States

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Political inequality and financial rulemaking: A collaborative empirical project for the production of data

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Wealth, income, and consumption: a microeconomic approach to a macroeconomic question

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