Construction Productivity: Strange and Awful | Steven Davis, Austan Goolsbee | Hoover Institution

01/10/2025 17 min Episodio 39
Construction Productivity: Strange and Awful | Steven Davis, Austan Goolsbee | Hoover Institution

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Austan Goolsbee joins Steven Davis to consider “The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the U.S. Construction Sector.” Strange because construction productivity has stagnated for decades. Awful because it makes homes less affordable for American families. They probe the issue, drawing on Austan’s recent research with Chicago Booth Professor Chad Syverson.
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