We characterize the dispersion of firm-level productivity and demand shocks over the business cycle using Swedish … than productivity dispersion in recessions. Productivity shocks pass through incompletely to prices and have limited effect … and see" channel. Productivity dispersion does not generate "wait and see" effects, but affects output negatively by …

manufacturing industries of France, Germany, UK and USA. We first disentangle the contribution to industry-level productivity growth … of within-firm productivity changes and between-firms reallocation of shares. The evidence corroborates that within … extent firm growth rates are shaped by relative productivity levels in deviation from industry average and by the over time …

In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …