Labor Productivity

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ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Vance: US labor productivity is flatlining, challenging AI job-loss fears
“If the robots were coming to take all of our jobs, you would see labor productivity skyrocketing in this country, but you actually see labor productivity flatlining.”
JD Vance Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 17:50 Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
CATALYST Assertion Supported
Lubbershane: Construction labor productivity has declined over the past decade
“In the sectors that we care about the most when it comes to decarbonization, and really anything having to do with energy, which are, you know, basically manufacturing and construction, labor productivity is, has been flat really for the past 10 to 15 years, a…”
Andy Lubershane Mar 20, 2025 ▶ 7:25 The coming robotics wave
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Patrick Collison: US labor productivity has risen 20% in 10 years
“Libra productivity in the US is up, like, 20% in the last 10 years, and so just like, again, you just look at the data, just the median person in the economy, or the average person, is is producing 20% on an inflation-adjusted basis, more than they were 10 yea…”
Patrick Collison Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 33:59 The Stablecoin Future, Milei's Memecoin, DOGE for the DoD, Grok 3, Why Stripe Stays Private
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Krishna: India's labor productivity is ~$8/hr versus ~$100/hr in US
“Labor productivity in India is like about eight dollars an hour, while in the U.S. It's like some hundred dollars an hour, right?”
Sridhar Krishna Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 15:57 Employment Researcher - “India Needs 20 Million Jobs Yearly For Demographic Advantage!” Sridhar K
a16z Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Yoo: Healthcare payments labor productivity is 8x worse than other sectors
“Revenue cycle and sort of healthcare payments is one of the areas of industry that has the worst labor productivity. When you look at these stats, we are sort of eight X more Non-productive than other sectors when it comes to number of FTEs who are affiliated …”
Julie Yoo Jul 31, 2019 ▶ 10:14 Software Eats Care Delivery
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chen: Drishti AI boosts factory labor productivity 25% and halves error rates
“Customers that have deployed Drishti Are experiencing 25% increases in labor productivity and error rates are going down by half.”
Frank Chen Feb 9, 2019 ▶ 16:48 Better Together: Humanity + Machine Learning
a16z Assertion Supported
Young: Construction labor productivity is lower today than 60 years ago
“We are less productive today than we were 20 years ago than we were 60 years ago, and it's completely unbelievable.”
Tracy Young Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:46 a16z Podcast | Construction Under Tech -- Info Flows

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