An important gap in most empirical studies of establishment-level productivity is the limited information about workers …' characteristics and their tasks. Skill-adjusted labor input measures have been shown to be important for aggregate productivity …-access establishment-level productivity dataset created by the BLS-Census Bureau Collaborative Micro-productivity Project. We take a first …

higher productivity and growth. In light of the importance of skills for fostering labour productivity, this paper examines …

productivity gap between firms at the productivity “frontier” (the top 10% within each detailed industry) and medium performers at … the 40-60 percentile of the productivity distribution. The composition of skills, especially the share of high skills …, varies the most along the productivity distribution, but low and medium skilled employees make up a substantial share of the …

This paper investigates whether and how worker composition, ownership and management affect the productivity of firms … experienced managers are associated with higher productivity levels. In addition, firms run by managers with higher education are … negatively related with firm productivity. …

human capital and productivity improvements. While educational attainment is very high, the education system needs to be …