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    • Spillovers across industries and regions in China’s regional economic diversification 

      Gao, Jian; Jun, Bogang; Pentland, Alex; Zhou, Tao; Hidalgo, César A. (Regional Studies, 2021-03-31)
      Industrial diversification depends on spillovers from related industries and nearby regions, yet their interaction remains largely unclear. We study economic diversification in China during the period 1990–2015 and present ...
    • COVID-19 policy analysis: labour structure dictates lockdown mobility behaviour 

      Heroy, Samuel; Loaiza, Isabella; Pentland, Alex; O’Clery, Neave (Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2021-03-31)
      Countries and cities around the world have resorted to unprecedented mobility restrictions to combat COVID-19 transmission. Here we exploit a natural experiment whereby Colombian cities implemented varied lockdown policies ...
    • Universal resilience patterns in labor markets 

      Moro, Esteban; Frank, Morgan R.; Pentland, Alex; Rutherford, Alex; Cebrian, Manuel; e.a. (Nature Communications, 2021-03-30)
      Cities are the innovation centers of the US economy, but technological disruptions can exclude workers and inhibit a middle class. Therefore, urban policy must promote the jobs and skills that increase worker pay, create ...