estimates for an extended production function framework reveal significant productivity effects of ICT in the German service … productivity differentials between firms …

East German manufacturers' revenue productivity (value-added per worker) is some 8 (25) percent below West German …', stating a specialisation of Eastern firms in the intermediate input production as explanation for these sustained productivity … differences. We decompose the East's revenue productivity disadvantage into Eastern firms selling at lower prices and producing …

East German manufacturers' revenue productivity (value-added per worker) is some 8 (25) percent below West German …', stating a specialisation of Eastern firms in the intermediate input production as explanation for these sustained productivity … differences. We decompose the East's revenue productivity disadvantage into Eastern firms selling at lower prices and producing …

In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U …

a critical role in explaining regional disparities in productivity. In fact, we show that over 50% of the East …-West productivity gap is associated with a less efficient labor allocation in former East Germany. Yet, we also demonstrate that the … suggest that regional productivity differences could be substantially narrowed by a more efficient labor allocation among …