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Working Papers

2025

1. Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025) View citations (3)
   See also Chapter Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2026) View citations (2) (2026)

2024

2. Tracking Firm Use of AI in Real Time: A Snapshot from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (33)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (33)

2023

3. The Characteristics and Geographic Distribution of Robot Hubs in U.S. Manufacturing Establishments
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   Also in IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2023)
   Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2023)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)

2022

4. Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
   Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2022) View citations (25)
   See also Chapter Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (4) (2024)

2021

5. High Frequency Business Dynamics in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (7)
6. Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau’s Experience
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau's Experience, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
7. Small Business Pulse Survey Estimates by Owner Characteristics and Rural/Urban Designation
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2020

8. Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (48)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (41)
9. Measuring the Effect of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses: The Small Business Pulse Survey
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (28)

2018

10. Development of Survey Questions on Robotics Expenditures and Use in U.S. Manufacturing Establishments
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (7)
11. The Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS): Collection and Processing
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (8)

2016

12. The Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS): An Overview*
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (19)
13. The Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS): Cognitive Testing*
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Robot Hubs and the Use of Robotics in US Manufacturing Establishments
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2025, 115, 24-28 View citations (1)

2024

2. The impact of AI on the workforce: Tasks versus jobs?
   Economics Letters, 2024, 244, (C) View citations (5)

2023

3. Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 210-14 View citations (17)
4. Measuring Business Trends and Outlook through a New Survey
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 140-44 View citations (2)
5. Robot Hubs: The Skewed Distribution of Robots in US Manufacturing
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 215-18 View citations (1)

2021

6. High-frequency data from the U.S. Census Bureau during the COVID-19 pandemic: small vs. new businesses
   Business Economics, 2021, 56, (3), 155-167 View citations (4)
7. Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau's Experience
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 312-16 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Businesses and People: Lessons from the Census Bureau’s Experience, Working Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2017

8. The management and organizational practices survey (MOPS): An overview1
   Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2017, (1), 1-26 View citations (35)

2016

9. STEM Training and Early Career Outcomes of Female and Male Graduate Students: Evidence from UMETRICS Data Linked to the 2010 Census
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 333-38 View citations (33)

Chapters

2026

1. Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home
   A chapter in The Changing Nature of Work, 2026 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2025) View citations (3) (2025)

2024

2. Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
   A chapter in Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, 2024, pp 13-55 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (25) (2022)