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Productivity Research and Program Development
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Leo Sveikauskas, Ph.D.
Research Economist,
Division of Productivity Research and Program Development
| Contact Information |  (202) 691-5677 Email |
| Fields of Interest | Research and development; intangibles; productivity growth; productivity in construction |
| Education |
Harvard College, BA (Economics) |
| Professional Experience |
Research Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1971-present |
Selected Publications and Working Papers
- “The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequality”, with Peter B. Meyer, Joe Piacentini, Harley Frazis, and Michael Schultz, forthcoming in Review of Income and Wealth.
- “Marketing, other intangibles, and output growth in 61 United States industries”, with Rachel Soloveichik, Corby Garner, Peter B. Meyer, James Bessen, and Matt Russell, Review of Income and Wealth, 2024.
- “Employment recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic”, with Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, Peter B. Meyer, Joseph Piacentini, and Michael Schultz. Monthly Labor Review, December 2020.
- “Measuring Productivity Growth in Construction”, (with Sam Rowe, James Mildenberger, Jennifer Price, and Arthur Young). Monthly Labor Review, January 2018.
- “Productivity Growth in Construction”, (with Sam Rowe, James Mildenberger, Jennifer Price, and Arthur Young). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001138, 2016.
- “Judging Factor Abundance”, (with Harry Bowen). Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 106 (May 1992), 599-620. (jstor)
- The Impact of Research and Development on Productivity Growth, Bulletin 2331, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., September 1989.
- “Urban Productivity: City Size or Industry Size?”, (with John Gowdy and Michael Funk). Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 28, May 1988, pp. 185-202.
- “Multicountry, Multifactor Tests of the Factor Abundance Theory”, (with Harry Bowen and Edward Leamer), American Economic Review, Vol. 77, December 1987, pp.791-809.
- “Intraregional Productivity Differences in New Manufacturing Plants in Sao Paulo State in Brazil,” (with Peter Townroe and Eric Hansen), Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 121, December 1985, pp 722-740.
- “Science and Technology in United States Foreign Trade”, Economic Journal, Vol. 93, September 1983, pp. 542-555.
- “Industry Characteristics and Productivity Growth”, (with Catherine D. Sveikauskas), Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 48, January 1982, pp. 769-774.
- “Technological Inputs and Multifactor Productivity Growth", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 63, May 1981, pp. 275-282.
- “Interurban Differences in the Innovative Nature of Production”, Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 15, June 1974, pp. 216-227.
- “The Productivity of Cities”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 89, August 1975, pp.393-413.
- “Bias in Cross-Section Estimates of the Elasticity of Substitution”, International Economic Review, Vol. 15, June 1974, pp. 522-528.
- “R&D and Productivity Growth: A Review of the Literature”.