Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing … plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within … the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …

This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture …. We use more representative subsidy indicators and a wider coverage (panel data from 210 EU regions over the period 2004 …-2014) than has been used before. The data allow to better correct for sample selection bias than previous empirical studies. We …

unique data set that combines detailed survey data on the management practices of German manufacturing establishments with … advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and …