We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

In this paper, I use Colombian data from 1996-2013 to construct two datasets that are used to assess whether the China … Shock has affected the future growth rates of productivity, employment level, workforce composition, wages, export … outside Latin America. The results validate that the China Shock has significant effects on future growth rates for employment …

and productivity of firms in designated areas. We use unique panel data from China with information on manufacturing firms …’ production factors, productivity and location, and we exploit temporal and spatial variation in place-based interventions due to … issues that (i) science parks are located in favourable locations and that (ii) high-productivity firms sort themselves in …