The Dispersion Statistics on Productivity (DiSP) are the result of a collaboration between the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the U.S. Census Bureau, the Collaborative Microproductivity Project (CMP).  Below, we provide links to selected publications, blogs, and presentations related to the CMP and the DiSP.

Blackwood, G. Jacob, Cindy Cunningham, Matthew Dey, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Rachel Nesbit, Sabrina Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, Cody Tuttle, and Zoltan Wolf. 2022. "Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion." Presented at NBER CRIW 2022 Conference on Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, March 17, 2022, Washington DC.

Blackwood, G. Jacob, Lucia S. Foster, Cheryl A. Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf. 2021. "Macro and Micro Dynamics of Productivity: From Devilish Details to Insights." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 13(3): 142-172.

Cunningham, Cindy, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Sabrina Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf. "Chaos Before Order: Productivity Patterns in U.S. Manufacturing." 2021. International Productivity Monitor, 41(Fall): 138-152.

Cunningham, Cindy, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf. 2022. “Dispersion in Dispersion:  Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity.” CES Discussion Paper Series, CES-WP-18-25RRR.

Cunningham, Cindy, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Sabrina Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf. 2015. “Dispersion in Dispersion:  Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity.” Presented at BLS Technical Advisory Committee, November 20, 2015, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC.

Foster, Lucia and Cheryl Grim. 2014. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau Collaborate to Create New Productivity Statistics.” Research at the Center for Economic Studies and the Research Data Centers: 2014, Chapter 2, pp. 11-18.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, and John Haltiwanger. 2016. “Reallocation in the Great Recession:  Cleansing or Not?” Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S1): S293-S331.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf. 2021. “Innovation, Productivity Dispersion, and Productivity Growth.” In Measuring and Accounting for Innovation in the 21^st Century, ed. Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Javier Miranda, and Daniel Sichel. Chicago:  University of Chicago Press.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf. 2018. “Firm innovation and productivity: Searching for black holes.” VOX column.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf. 2016. “Firm-Level Dispersion in Productivity: Is the Devil in the Details?” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 106(5): 95-98.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf. 2014. “A Tarnished Silver Lining:  The Great Recession and Productivity.” Research Matters Blog, U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD.

Foster, Lucia, Cheryl Grim, Sabrina Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, Zoltan Wolf, and Cindy Zoghi. 2014. “Collaborative Micro-Productivity Project.” Presented at Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, December 12, 2014, U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, MD.

Grim, Cheryl. 2019. “What Drives Productivity Growth?.” U.S. Census Bureau, America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers.