This paper investigates whether the existence of knowledge spillovers, differences in the capacity of firms to … discrete choice models. The empirical exercise provides evidence on the positive link between spillovers and the innovative … spillovers. This ability not only works through firms’ R&D capabilities, but also through such factors as the quality of the …

documented that as people age they gradually lose certain skills relating to their ability to do physical work or use new … technologies, or their literacy and numeracy skills. By contrast, as they build up experience, older workers develop better … planning skills and a greater ability to supervise the work of others and respond to setbacks. However, the transition between …

inequality, and the response of the labour market to shifts in the demand and supply of skills …

-sectional differences in size and total factor productivity between patentee firms and non-patentee firms, changes in patent … total factor productivity. This evidence suggests that patenting is associated with firm growth through new product … innovations (firm scope) rather than through reduction in the cost of producing existing products (firm productivity). Consistent …

Germany. Finally, the paper finds a quite robust inverse relation between productivity growth, mark ups and the bargaining …

intense from 1980 to 2008, when it came to a halt following the outbreak of the financial crisis. •Labour productivity …