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John Couch Haltiwanger is an American economist who has served since 2013 as the Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professor of Economics Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is best known for his work developing and studying longitudinal firm-level microdata, which formed the foundation of his influential work on the determinants of firm-level job creation, job destruction, and economic performance. .. more

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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · 2d
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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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Mar 13
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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NBER @nber.org · Dec 11
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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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Dec 11
Projected new employer businesses remain high in High Tech sectors: Information (NAICS 51) + Professional, Scientific and Technical (NAICS 54)
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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Dec 11
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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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Dec 11
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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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Nov 25
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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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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Nov 25
We have updated our findings from the BPEA paper recently. See:

rdeckernet.github.io/website/DH_b...
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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Nov 25
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:
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Surging business formation in the pandemic: Causes and consequences?
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John Haltiwanger @handle.invalid · Nov 21
NAS Report on AI and the Future of Work Released today:
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