and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age …

-market participation having generally larger positive effects on productivity and negative effects on unit labor costs. All four channels …Using a new panel dataset of about 140 thousand Portuguese firms during 2006-2019, we measure the effects of … participation in export and import markets. Once at least one of these channels is active, firms are larger, less leveraged, employ …

, profitability, or productivity. However, firms managed by women have lower sales per worker, suggesting challenges in accessing … shows that formal firms managed by women do not face credit constraints on the extensive margin. They are equally likely to … opening credit lines. However, on the intensive margin, firms managed by women receive lower credit amounts, indicating signs …

input quality and worker type. Firm profits increase differentially from high productivity workers, but absenteeism and …

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus … development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly … available data. We find that firms with a higher share of older workers have significantly lower proportions of R&D outlays in …

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus … development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly … available data. We find that firms with a higher share of older workers have significantly lower proportions of R&D outlays in …

productivity (TFP) growth in China. Our primary goal is to test Hicks' induced innovation hypothesis by examining whether technical … change in China has been induced by sharp increase in input prices that have accompanied its rapid economic growth. Utilizing … buffers a long-term decline in TFP growth that would otherwise be quite substantial. We conclude that China's economic growth …

We investigate the effect of rising labor costs on induced technological change in China's secondary industry. While …/environmental protection, there has been little evidence relating to China's adjustments as rising labor costs affect its global … in labor productivity to changes in labor costs, and the availability of physical capital. Importantly, we derive …