While the output of a team is evident, the productivity of each team member is typically not readily identifiable. In … this paper we consider the problem of measuring the productivity of team members. We propose a new concept of coworker … productivity, which we refer to as eigenvalue productivity (EVP). We demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of our concept and …

We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

observed increase productivity at least initially when compensation is team based, while we find that subjects observing react …

total factor productivity. We exploit time, country, and industry differences in the opening of EU labor markets from 2004 …

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

productivity in the rest of the economy. To separate exogenous gains in ICT from other technological progress, we use the relative …

longer working hours on productivity. A government ignoring this effect perceives labor supply as insufficient and sets lower … marginal income taxes to encourage work. In contrast, a government recognizing the endogenous relationship between productivity … standard models where productivity is independent of working hours. …

Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across … US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size …