This paper provides three perspectives on long-run growth rates of labor productivity (LP) and of multi …-factor productivity (MFP) for the U. S. economy. It extracts statistical growth trends for labor productivity from quarterly data for the …

unprecedented growth. We then proceed to study if this positive impact of VC is also present on productivity growth, which is a … affects total factor productivity growth. We do find that VC investment is positively associated with labor productivity but … this positive impact is originated from the technology substitution from labor to other productive inputs such as energy …

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. …

Using two matched plant level skills and productivity datasets for UK manufacturing we document that (i) more …

We study the relation between workers' skill dispersion and firm productivity using a unique dataset of Italian … production function that depends on the skill composition show that a firm's productivity is positively related to skill …

Technological change can increase the productivity of the various factors of production in equal terms or it can be … biased towards a specific factor. We develop an estimator for production functions when productivity is multi-dimensional. We …

efficiency. First, treatment firms have higher productivity and quality after accounting for rug specifications. Second, when …

This paper shows how misleading is the facile contrast of Europe following a path of high productivity growth, high … shocks may initially create a positive trade-off between productivity and unemployment, they set in motion a dynamic path of … contributions of this paper are to show how a productivity-unemployment trade-off might emerge and how it might subsequently …