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    "link": "http://www.asymco.com/author/asymco/; http://www.nber.org/data/chat/",
    "retrievedDate": "2017-09-29",
    "additionalInfo": "A similar dataset was previously assembled by Horace Dediu, who writes at: http://www.asymco.com/author/asymco/. We are thankful for Horace Dediu's generosity in making his dataset available. We have tracked down all of his sources and assembled our dataset based on these sources. \n\nThe latest update to the dataset is detailed <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/06/Tech_Adoption_Update_documentation-2.xlsx\">here (ver 27.07.19)</a>. We thank Adam Ferris for his help in collating this data.\n\nThis dataset is a compilation of multiple sources to construct a broad overview of technology adoption in the United States. The dataset is comprised of the following sources:\n\n<ul>\n<li>Isard (1942) A Neglected Cycle: The Transport-Building Cycle; </li>\n<li>Arnulf Grubler (1990), The rise and fall of infrastructures: dynamics of evolution and technological change; </li>\n<li>Lebergott (1993) Pursuring Happiness: American Consumers in the Twentieth Century - for 1989; </li>\n<li>Nicholas Felton NTY (2014), http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/02/10/opinion/10op.graphic.ready.html, from 2006 to 2011, data sourced from the US Census Bureau's Extended well-being; </li>\n<li>Bowden and Offer (1994), Household appliances and the use of time; </li>\n<li>Lebergott (1976), The American Economy: Income, Wealth and Want; </li>\n<li>Gisela Rua (2013) Federal Reserve Board, Fixed costs, network effects, and the diffusion of container shipping; </li>\n<li>Nielsen Television Audience (2008); </li>\n<li>David Popp (2006), Exploring links between innovation and diffusion; </li>\n<li>Popp, Hafner, Johnstone (2007), Policy vs. consumer pressure; </li>\n<li>Bech and Hobijn (2006), Technology diffusion within central banking; </li>\n<li>Pew Research Centre; </li>\n<li>Statista;</li>\n<li>World Bank;</li>\n<li>Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP);</li>\n<li>Greenwood, Seshadri & Yorikoglu (2005), Engines of Liberation. </li>\n<li>Data on dishwashers, dryers, freezers, microwaves, refrigerators, and washers use the US Census Bureau's data from 1992 to 2011, using Greenwood et al. (2005) data for previous years.</li>\n</ul>",
    "dataPublishedBy": "Horace Dediu; Comin and Hobijn (2004); other sources collated by Our World in Data",
    "dataPublisherSource": ""
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