continuum of tasks in each sector and we augment it to include immigrants with heterogeneous productivity in tasks. We use this … industries over the period 2000-2007 and find evidence in favor of a positive productivity effect such that immigration has a …

During the second part of the 1990s, the Israeli economy experienced a surge in labour productivity and total factor … productivity, which was driven primarily by the manufacturing sector. This surge in productivity coincided with the full absorption … concentration of immigrants experienced increases in productivity. The analysis shows that there is no correlation between immigrant …

We investigate the roles of productivity and the specificity of inputs for the international sourcing strategy of firms … transaction. The dataset also provides information to estimate the firms' productivity and their intensity in relationship …

The first aim of this paper is to decompose the productivity advantage of foreign multinationals into two components … two components of productivity growth. We do so by analyzing the effects of an acquisition of a domestic establishment by … rate of technology transfer from the MNE parent companies, (iii) the productivity growth effects are not confined to the …

This Paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

technologies, leading to higher productivity. We propose a model of endogenous selection and innovation in heterogeneous firms that …

multi-country sourcing model in which heterogeneous firms self-select into importing based on their productivity and country …

plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a … decline in output, markups as well as export and import intensity. The findings are consistent with the benefits of foreign …