productivity differences explain most of the cross-country variation in factor prices. …

This paper has reviewd productivity in the auto industry from three quite different approaches and then suggested and … implemented a fouth approach. The appproach used is the only econometruc approach to measuring firm productivity that permits … reporting firm-level productivity results, and it does so by using only widely available product-level data. …

and operate on international markets) on the productivity dynamics of enterprises. Using a unique balanced panel of 681 … show that exposure to deep reform have lead to higher productivity realisations while remaining under state ownership. …

In this study we deal with the direct effects on productivity of the inhouse R&D expenditures of firms. In particular …

more layers are larger in size, in value added, and they pay higher wages. Firms are hierarchal in that lower layers have …/value added and decreases in mean firm wages (at pre-existing layers). The reverse holds for removing layers. This result also … holds for layer by layer mean size and wages for a majority of pre-existing layers. …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The … industries. Overall, findings do not point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity. …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The … industries. Overall, findings do not point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity. …