total factor productivity (TFP) in the Quebec manufacturing sector during the 1985-88 period. Our results show that … productivity growth, while the presence of mandatory prevention programs and of fines for infractions to OSH rules have led to an … increase in productivity growth. Interestingly, this is, to our knowledge, the first result showing that OSH regulation may …

This paper measures factor productivities (and hence total factor productivity growth) directly on the basis of the …

subjects that are less productivity-enhancing. Nous estimons dans cet article les rendements de la formation parrainée par l …

expenditures increase measured productivity. These departures provide a novel quantitative theory to explain recessions like those …

During the downturn of 2008–2009, output and hours fell significantly, but labor productivity rose. These facts have … investment in intangible capital is included in the analysis, there is no inconsistency. Measured labor productivity rises if the …

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … conditional mean of labor productivity: through an observed binary indicator, an observed intensity variable or through the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

I document that cross-country productivity differences in retail trade, which employs around 20% of workers, are … used and retail-sector productivity differences across countries. …