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2022, Paper: "Public statistics on local economic activity, provided by the US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (CBP), the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal…
January 21, 2021, Opinion: "Pay cuts and salary freezes have become an unfortunate hallmark of the Covid-19 recession. Over seven million employees have seen their wages drop…
July 7, 2020, Paper, "The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aimed to quickly deliver hundreds of billions of dollars of loans to small businesses, with the loans administered via…
2020, Paper, "The threat of COVID-19 has increased the health risks of going to an office or factory, leading more workers to do their jobs remotely. In this paper, we provide…
June 2020, Paper, "How quickly will American businesses reopen after COVID-19 lockdowns end? We use a nationwide survey of small businesses to measure firms’ expectations about…
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence From a Survey. Zoë Cullen, Edward Glaeser, Michael Luca, Christopher Stanton, 2020, Paper, "In addition to its…
Shutdown Shock May Endure for Federal Workers. Michael Luca, January 17, 2019, Opinion, "The ongoing government shutdown has led to a temporary loss of pay for about 800,000…
How Amazon’s Higher Wages Could Increase Productivity. Michael Luca, October 10, 2018, Paper, "Amazon recently made headlines by announcing that it would voluntarily increase its…
Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity at Scale. Edward Glaeser, Michael Luca, 2017, Paper, "Can new data sources from online platforms help to…
Survival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit. Michael Luca, April 11, 2017, Paper, "We study the impact of the minimum wage on firm exit in the restaurant…