Combining Minds to Decode Technological Recombination and Relatedness
In preparation, 2026
Studies how technologies combine at individual and collective scales across inventors, firms, cities, and countries.
In Preparation
Publications
Selected research publications, reports, and working papers.
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Decoding the Evolution of Work: A Longitudinal Dataset on Occupational Characteristics (1939-2019)
In preparation, 2026
Data paper on US occupational characteristics from 1939-2019 using DOT/O*NET and harmonized occupational classifications.
In Preparation
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Cross-Domain Capabilities: Mapping the Links Between Science, Technology, and Production
In preparation, 2026
Maps linkages between science, technology, and production capabilities and tests whether cross-related capabilities predict later technological development.
In Preparation
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The Technological Potential of Innovation Ecosystems: An Inter-Dimensional Network Approach
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 90, 2026
Introduces an indicator for countries’ untapped technological potential based on scientific and productive capabilities.
working paper link
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Innovation Capabilities Outlook 2026: Technical Notes
World Intellectual Property Organization technical report, 2026
Documents data sources, clustering, relatedness, complexity, density, and diversification-potential methods for the WIPO Innovation Capabilities Outlook.
technical report link
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Burning Bridges or Bridging Divides: Geopolitics and Collaboration in Research and Innovation
Research Policy, 2025
Estimates how geopolitical distance shapes international scientific and inventive collaboration.
working paper under review
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Japan's Innovation Challenge: Escaping the Middle-Technology Trap
Japan Productivity Commission policy report, 2025
Diagnoses Japan’s innovation and productivity challenge through technology maturity, R&D allocation, patents, and sectoral composition.
policy report
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Global Trends in Innovation Patterns: A Complexity Approach
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 80 / Growth Lab Working Paper 235, 2024
Uses publications, patents, and trade to measure innovation complexity and path-dependent diversification opportunities.
working paper link
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Innovation Policies Under Economic Complexity
Growth Lab Working Paper 234 / WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 79, 2024
Argues innovation policy should be place-based, multidimensional, and grounded in existing capabilities and binding constraints.
working paper link
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GLocal: A Global Development Dataset of Subnational Administrative Areas
Scientific Data, 2024
Aggregates satellite imagery and other global sources to create a global subnational dataset of economic, demographic, ecological, and socio-political indicators with for economic analysis.
journal article link
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Can We Map Innovation Capabilities?
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 81, 2024
Proposes complexity-based indicators of innovation capabilities across science, technology, and production.
working paper link
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Scientific and Technical Innovation in the UAE: A Capability-based Approach
Growth Lab Working Paper 258, 2023
Diagnoses UAE R&D, publication, patenting, and researcher-capability gaps for an innovation-led growth strategy.
working paper link
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Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks, Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap
Growth Lab CID Fellows Working Paper 151, 2023
Constructs a longitudinal DOT/O*NET task dataset and estimates offsetting effects of computerization on the US gender pay gap.
working paper link
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Seeing the Forest for More than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
CID Faculty Working Paper 430, 2023
Argues prosperity and forest protection in the Colombian Amazon are compatible because deforestation and productive urban growth occur through distinct channels.
working paper link
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The Connectivity Trap: Stuck between the Forest and Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper 147, 2023
Argues the Colombian Amazon is caught in a connectivity trap linking poor external market access, low complexity, and limited diversification.
working paper link
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Lessons from Production Networks in Albania
Growth Lab report, 2021
Uses anonymized Albanian tax data covering formal firms to study buyer-supplier networks, COVID-19 shocks, and regional trade.
policy report
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Pathways to Diversification of Saudi Arabia's Productive Structure
Growth Lab / Ministry of Economy and Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2021
Uses economic-complexity and product-space tools to identify non-oil diversification pathways for Saudi Arabia.
policy report link
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Air Transportation and Regional Economic Development: A Case Study for the New Airport in South Albania
CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper 127, 2020
Evaluates how a proposed Vlora airport could affect South Albania through airport-linked activity, tourism, and air freight, conditional on complementary policies.
working paper link
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Trends in and Influence of Regional Federally Funded Research and Development in the US
MIT S.M. thesis, 2018
Builds a text classifier to classify federal R&D awards and studies regional effects of federally funded R&D.
thesis link
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Decoding the Evolution of Work: A Longitudinal Dataset on Occupational Characteristics (1939-2019)
In preparation, 2026
Data paper on US occupational characteristics from 1939-2019 using DOT/O*NET and harmonized occupational classifications.
In Preparation
-
Cross-Domain Capabilities: Mapping the Links Between Science, Technology, and Production
In preparation, 2026
Maps linkages between science, technology, and production capabilities and tests whether cross-related capabilities predict later technological development.
In Preparation
-
Burning Bridges or Bridging Divides: Geopolitics and Collaboration in Research and Innovation
Research Policy, 2025
Estimates how geopolitical distance shapes international scientific and inventive collaboration.
working paper under review
-
Global Trends in Innovation Patterns: A Complexity Approach
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 80 / Growth Lab Working Paper 235, 2024
Uses publications, patents, and trade to measure innovation complexity and path-dependent diversification opportunities.
working paper link
-
GLocal: A Global Development Dataset of Subnational Administrative Areas
Scientific Data, 2024
Aggregates satellite imagery and other global sources to create a global subnational dataset of economic, demographic, ecological, and socio-political indicators with for economic analysis.
journal article link
-
Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks, Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap
Growth Lab CID Fellows Working Paper 151, 2023
Constructs a longitudinal DOT/O*NET task dataset and estimates offsetting effects of computerization on the US gender pay gap.
working paper link
-
Trends in and Influence of Regional Federally Funded Research and Development in the US
MIT S.M. thesis, 2018
Builds a text classifier to classify federal R&D awards and studies regional effects of federally funded R&D.
thesis link
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Combining Minds to Decode Technological Recombination and Relatedness
In preparation, 2026
Studies how technologies combine at individual and collective scales across inventors, firms, cities, and countries.
In Preparation
-
The Technological Potential of Innovation Ecosystems: An Inter-Dimensional Network Approach
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 90, 2026
Introduces an indicator for countries’ untapped technological potential based on scientific and productive capabilities.
working paper link
-
Innovation Capabilities Outlook 2026: Technical Notes
World Intellectual Property Organization technical report, 2026
Documents data sources, clustering, relatedness, complexity, density, and diversification-potential methods for the WIPO Innovation Capabilities Outlook.
technical report link
-
Japan's Innovation Challenge: Escaping the Middle-Technology Trap
Japan Productivity Commission policy report, 2025
Diagnoses Japan’s innovation and productivity challenge through technology maturity, R&D allocation, patents, and sectoral composition.
policy report
-
Innovation Policies Under Economic Complexity
Growth Lab Working Paper 234 / WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 79, 2024
Argues innovation policy should be place-based, multidimensional, and grounded in existing capabilities and binding constraints.
working paper link
-
Can We Map Innovation Capabilities?
WIPO Economic Research Working Paper 81, 2024
Proposes complexity-based indicators of innovation capabilities across science, technology, and production.
working paper link
-
Scientific and Technical Innovation in the UAE: A Capability-based Approach
Growth Lab Working Paper 258, 2023
Diagnoses UAE R&D, publication, patenting, and researcher-capability gaps for an innovation-led growth strategy.
working paper link
-
Seeing the Forest for More than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
CID Faculty Working Paper 430, 2023
Argues prosperity and forest protection in the Colombian Amazon are compatible because deforestation and productive urban growth occur through distinct channels.
working paper link
-
The Connectivity Trap: Stuck between the Forest and Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper 147, 2023
Argues the Colombian Amazon is caught in a connectivity trap linking poor external market access, low complexity, and limited diversification.
working paper link
-
Lessons from Production Networks in Albania
Growth Lab report, 2021
Uses anonymized Albanian tax data covering formal firms to study buyer-supplier networks, COVID-19 shocks, and regional trade.
policy report
-
Pathways to Diversification of Saudi Arabia's Productive Structure
Growth Lab / Ministry of Economy and Planning, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2021
Uses economic-complexity and product-space tools to identify non-oil diversification pathways for Saudi Arabia.
policy report link
-
Air Transportation and Regional Economic Development: A Case Study for the New Airport in South Albania
CID Research Fellow and Graduate Student Working Paper 127, 2020
Evaluates how a proposed Vlora airport could affect South Albania through airport-linked activity, tourism, and air freight, conditional on complementary policies.
working paper link