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Aakash Kalyani

Aakash Kalyani is a PhD student at Boston University. His research focuses on answering questions on innovation and geography using computational linguistics tools. His current work looks at the factors affecting technology diffusion within and across borders, and the impact of technologies on local labor markets.

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Who Benefits From New Technologies?

Article By Nicholas Bloom, Tarek Alexander Hassan, Aakash Kalyani, Josh Lerner, and Ahmed Tahoun | Jun 22, 2020

Do the benefits of new technologies accrue primarily to inventors, early investors, and highly skilled users, or to society more widely as their adoption generates employment growth?

The Geography of New Technologies

Paper Working Paper | By Nicholas Bloom, Tarek Alexander Hassan, Aakash Kalyani, Josh Lerner, and Ahmed Tahoun | Jun 2020

Rising inequality has focused attention on the benefits of new technologies. Do these accrue primarily to inventors, early investors, and highly skilled users, or to society more widely as their adoption generates employment growth?