This article presents an estimation of a stochastic frontier model using a translogarithmic production function to identify the impact of production factors - labor and capital - along with CO2 emissions and technical progress on the value added of the manufacturing sector in North American...

Elite economics PhD programs aim to train graduate students for a lifetime of academic research. This paper asks how advising affects graduate students' post-PhD research productivity. Advising is highly concentrated: at the eight highly-selective schools in our study, a minority of advisors do...

This paper investigates the impact of on-the-job training on labour productivity, focusing on both the direct effects of training capital accumulation and its complementarity with other intangible capital assets. While previous research has highlighted the positive role of workplace training in...