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 …

manufacturing since the 1950s. They tended to work in craftsman occupations, and commanded wages even rivaling those of some white … the following decades, and declining relative craftsmen wages and employment have been associated with increasing capital … significant marketable skills …

achieve this goal, the plan seeks to boost labor productivity through an increased use of robots and through network …-based upgrading of the entire industrial value chain and related services. How might the projected increase in labor productivity …

hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in the dispersion of wages and productivity has occurred across … establishments and these changes are linked. Second, that the increased dispersion in wages and productivity across establishments is … fraction of the rising dispersion in wages and (to a lesser extent) productivity is accounted for by changes in the …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … heterogeneous within skill groups. We test this hypothesis by combining micro-level information on wages and demographic and …

segmentation and the outsized tail of poorly performing firms, which undermines aggregate productivity growth. Low productivity … to fall behind in productivity. Lower productivity units (“laggards”), which employ a large share of the low … innovation incentives. All firms could then achieve stronger productivity gains and the most promising firms could grow faster …

manufacturing since the 1950s. They tended to work in craftsman occupations, and commanded wages even rivaling those of some white … the following decades, and declining relative craftsmen wages and employment have been associated with increasing capital … significant marketable skills. …