AI use for business purposes is relatively small but growing rapidly, from Kathryn Bonney, Cory Breaux, @cathybuffington, Emin Dinlersoz, Lucia Foster, Nathan Goldschlag, John Haltiwanger, Zachary Kroff, and Keith Savage nber.org/papers/w32319

📢New data and working paper!📢
Business dynamics of high-growth firms, 44 new tables of BDS stats by firm growth rates with the stock and flow of firms, establishments, and employment covering over 4 decades. John Haltiwanger Joonkyu Choi Danny Kim census.gov/programs-surve…

Analyzing enormous local variation in intensity of on-site work during the pandemic and its aftermath, from Katharine Abraham, Mohammad Ashoori, Aref Darzi, Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto, John Haltiwanger, Aliakbar Kabiri, and Erkut Y. Ozbay nber.org/papers/w32042

There's been huge growth in new business formations since the COVID-19 pandemic. On the latest #BPEA podcast, John Haltiwanger of Univ. of Maryland explains why that's a good thing for job creation, innovation, and productivity.

🎧 Listen -> brookings.edu/articles/is-th…

Applications for new businesses and expansions have remained strong since waves of growth during the pandemic. Will this trend be fleeting or lasting? Wendy Edelberg and John Haltiwanger discuss on the latest #BPEA podcast.
Listen -> brookings.edu/articles/is-th…

New data from BTOS on AI use and expected use (!) by firms. High frequency, timely data with sector, size, and geography detail. Here are a couple highlights averaging the three waves published yesterday. Erik Brynjolfsson Kristina McElheran Flavio Calvino Daron Acemoglu Ethan Mollick tylercowen

June 2023 Business Applications were 465,906, up 6.2% (seasonally adjusted) from May 2023. Of those, 149,536 were High-Propensity Business Applications.

Get more Business Formation Statistics #data : census.gov/econ/bfs/data.…

#CensusEconData

Start-ups surged during the pandemic, and economists didn’t see it coming. The increased interest in automation to help cut labor demand was more predictable. Ep. 4 of Season 4 of Six Hundred Atlantic takes examines 2 trends that look like they’ll last:  bit.ly/3Cpp5gw

The need for quality adjustment for price indices is pervasive, from Gabriel Ehrlich, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, David S Johnson, Ed Olivares, Luke W. Pardue, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Laura Zhao nber.org/papers/w31309

Applications for New Businesses rise in March 2023 for both likely new employers and new nonemployers. 2nd highest March on record (highest March 2021). March 2023 50% higher than March 2019.

I am thrilled to share the publication of our paper on the distribution of firm size and growth and how those factors relate to aggregate productivity!! Grateful to Marcela, John, and this project with which my academic career began just a few years ago.

🚨🚨🚨 Happy quinquennial Economic Census Day! 🚨🚨🚨

Businesses: your responses are essential for helping the federal government estimate GDP, inflation, and lots of other macro and detailed economic indicators. Thank you for responding to the economic census!

🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 9am ET for our next #AmericanDynamism webinar!

Pandemic #Startup Surge Prevailed in 2022 w/ the nation’s leading entrepreneurship experts
John Haltiwanger & Robert Litan robertlitan.substack.com in conversation with EIG's DJ Nordquist.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🗓️ Join us this Friday at 9am ET for our next #AmericanDynamism webinar!

Pandemic #Startup Surge Prevailed in 2022 w/ the nation’s leading entrepreneurship experts John Haltiwanger & Robert Litan robertlitan.substack.com

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…