productivity) is low. Secondly, our estimates of the effects of training on wages are about half the size of the effects on …There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of … productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity …

. Controlling for demand in the product market, we find that the contraction in credit supply reduced labour productivity, wages and …

Across many sectors, research has established that management explains a notable portion of productivity differences … share of the variance of store-level productivity; (ii) negative assortative matching between managers and stores, which may … productivity also tend to obtain high energy productivity, revealing some breadth in managers’ skills applicability; (vii) high …

disconnect between average productivity and real wages. Changes in the dispersion of firm-level variables have contributed to … distribution of TFP, market power, wages and prices, and apply it to UK manufacturing using firm-level data for 1998-2014. Contrary …

Across many sectors, research has established that management explains a notable portion of productivity differences … share of the variance of store-level productivity; (ii) negative assortative matching between managers and stores, which may … productivity also tend to obtain high energy productivity, revealing some breadth in managers' skills applicability; (vii) high …

of the evolution of aggregate UK and French productivity and markups: 2) Analyse the spatial distribution of productivity …) for France – while focusing on the role of economic density. Our findings suggest that differences in firm productivity … across regions are magnified in the aggregate by an increasing productivity return of density along the productivity …

use more intermediate goods. They also pay their workers higher wages. Differences in levels of total factor productivity …Many sectors of the UK economy experienced rapid productivity growth over the 1980's. This coincided with an increase …

aggregate low-paying sector productivity. These findings highlight increased wages' incentive effects with implications for … management practice and public policy since "living" wages may be productivity enhancing. …Low pay poses issues for managers internationally. We examine productivity in low-paying sectors in Britain, since the …

productivity will help to sustain employment and wages but will require a broad range of policies. Keeping low barriers to trade … services in output and its integration in the world economy. Productivity growth in the United Kingdom has consistently … financial crisis. Sluggish productivity growth in the service sectors was the main factor behind this weak performance. Raising …