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The curious surge of productivity in U.S. restaurants
We document that, after remaining almost constant for almost 30 years, real labor productivity at U.S. restaurants surged over 15% during the COVID pandemic. This surge has persisted even as many conditions have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Using mobile phone data tracking visits and spending at more than 100,000 individual limited service restaurants across the Read more...
Joshua Gottlieb, Neale Mahoney, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova Topics: Employment & Wages, Health care Shelby Buckman, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
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