level reached in three decades. The post-1995 technological acceleration, particularly in information technology (IT) and … technology, which also provided consumer surplus without necessarily creating higher productivity, at least within the feasible … permanent sources of American leadership in high-technology industries, as contrasted with the particular post-1995 episode of …

higher productivity and growth. In light of the importance of skills for fostering labour productivity, this paper examines … skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students … and adults in developing critical skills and reducing the skills imbalances in the labour market, which can contribute to …

-generations model applied to Canada. In the context of population ageing, the results indicate that how the policy is funded has …

(TCs) with empirical evidence on Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Based on the World Bank's Investment Climate database, the … study covers firms from the manufacturing sector. We first construct a Capability Score to provide a preliminary measure of …

investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of …

employees with more capital. Finally, we find that the minimum wage introduction led to higher labor productivity among entering …

the 40-60 percentile of the productivity distribution. The composition of skills, especially the share of high skills … workforce even at the frontier. High skills show positive but decreasing productivity returns. Moreover, the skill mix of top … productivity as well. We discuss public policies that can facilitate the catch-up of firms below the frontier through skills and …

product market. …

This study investigates the impact of e-commerce and R&D on productivity, using a unique panel dataset obtained from … Taiwanese manufacturing firms for the period from 1999 to 2002. We specifically consider the network externalities of e …-commerce adoption. The empirical results show that both e-commerce and R&D capital have a positive influence on productivity, while R …