We develop a procedure to estimate production functions, elasticities of demand, and productivity when firms …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an … extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self … productivity in foreign-owned firms and private domestic firms separately and find the former benefit more from exporting …

Persistent productivity gains to rural-urban migrants have been documented by a number of researchers. One …

difference-in-differences estimation with matching, we show that the performance of the acquirer improves significantly following … and target companies had business links beforehand, the productivity gain is twice as large. Acquisitions made during …

literature has documented network effects on labour productivity - mostly when there are no externalities between workers. The …

firm productivity and export decision are closely related to its innovation ac- tivity. Product innovation may play a … exporting and conesequently from exporting to process innovation and reverse productivity improvements. Using detailed mi …

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-employee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …

The process of matching between firms and workers is an important mechanism in determining the distribution of wages …. In a labor market characterised by large dispersion of workers' productivity and worker-firm complementarity, high … association of firm-worker matches known as positive assortative matching (PAM). Immigration in a local labor market, by …