The Division of Productivity Research and Program Development (DPRPD) conducts research to strengthen and improve existing productivity measurement concepts and techniques and understand the sources and effects of productivity and technological change on the economy.

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Susan Powers (202) 691-5894
Research Economists
  Michael Giandrea (202) 691-5678 Sources, effects, and measurement of technological change, retirement patterns among American workers
  Peter Meyer (202) 691-5678 Sources and effects of technological change; occupational classification; economic history; history of technology; invention of the airplane and personal computers
  Sabrina Pabilonia (202) 691–5614 Economics of technological change; self-employment; study of work-life balance; time use research; effects of child gender on parental time allocation; school to work transition; economics of education
  Susan Powers (202) 691-5894 Productivity measurement; technical change; capital measurement; labor economics
  Leo Sveikauskas (202) 691-5677 Research and development; technical change; productivity growth; urban and regional economics; international trade; competitiveness in international trade
  Aklilu Zegeye (202) 691-5611 Productivity measurement; regional economics; development economics; international economics
  Cindy Zoghi (202) 691-5680 Job design; workers use of technology; labor force skill and demographic composition; economics of higher education; high-involvement workplace practices

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