as part-time status and gender on both productivity and wages in English firms. We also investigate how productivity … returns follows from part-timers, who tend to work for firms that pay too low wages for the observed productivity differences …. Second, we study the effect of local skills on productivity controlling for skills at the firm. We find a positive and robust …

We quantify agglomeration spillovers by estimating the impact of the opening of a large manufacturing plant on the … total factor productivity (TFP) of incumbent plants in the same county. We use the location rankings of profit … counties. This indicates that the ultimate effect on profits is smaller than the direct increase in productivity …

In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … regions, relative to natives. Immigrants are different from natives in several economically relevant skills. Their impact on … the local economy depends on these skills. We emphasize that to evaluate correctly such impact, we also need to understand …

broader range of skills. Technological progress leads to an increase of all wages and results in downsizing. Quantifying … differ in their skill composition. Organizations with higher Total Factor Productivity (TFP) are larger and hire from a … productivity using our model shows that a CES production function generates unbiased estimates of TFP but biased estimates of …

of the effect of beauty on worker's productivity, as reported in 37 studies. The estimates are tested for publication … beauty effect concerning productivity. The average beauty effect is probably much lower than commonly believed based on the …

knowledge are most influential in explaining earnings variations. Marketable skills actually acquired in school depend on these …