poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice and, in particular, direct voice. On the other hand, union-based voice regimes …

that the very low unemployment in Europe in the 1960s was due to the high productivity growth associated with technological … catch-up. Productivity also played a role in the dynamics of hours but a full explanation for the fast rise of service …

panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …

productivity of firms. However, there is less consensus about the underlying mechanism at work. While trade papers focus on access … leads to productivity increases, but only for firms that were already highly productive before. The evidence on import … competition is weaker. If anything, initially low-tech firms manage to increase their productivity in response to increased …

be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …

exporting and TFP growth, is mixed. We use a UK panel data set with firm-level information on exporting and productivity. Our … they learnt from other sources) in the past are more likely to then have productivity growth. This suggests some support …