/plants in the Finnish business sector. Using a decomposition method applied in labour economics and productivity analysis, we …

decomposition method that allows us to condition the components of productivity growth on the age of production units. We find …This paper studies how firms contribute to the productivity growth of an industry over their lifecycle. We present a … effect is tightly related to the negative initial productivity effect of entry. We also find some evidence that productivity …

productivity growth across 23 EU countries and 94 manufacturing sectors in 1995-2005. The highest MIIT index values are found in … been associated with slower productivity growth. The results indicate that a trade-flow expansion characterised by intra …-industry trade (high MIIT) is associated with faster productivity growth also after we control for the size in trade flow changes …

growth. Instead, productivity growth is influenced positively by investment into fixed assets, R&D and ICT, higher levels of …We analyse the development of labour productivity and hours worked by the working-aged population in the EU25 countries …-market variables. First, we describe the trends in productivity and hours worked especially in the EU15 countries relative to the …

Using a neo-classical growth model, we analyse the real and nominal GDP per capita convergence of 21 emerging market … analysis of the uncertainty related to the growth rates and calculations of a confidence band for the results, as well as a …

-innovation workers. In a second step, this analysis is broken down by gender. We apply a decomposition method based on unconditional … use of comparative cross-country data and a more elaborated wage decomposition method provides important new insights. We …

workplace attributes are valued in the labour market have been the driving force behind both real wage growth and increasing … growth in wage dispersion in the upper tail of the distribution while changes in the workforce composition are likely to be a …

separately for manufacturing and services using Finnish private-sector data. We apply a decomposition method based on …

location-dependent services. The real growth of value added and the increase of productivity, however, have been concentrated … differences also exist between the scalability of different services. Since 2007, employment growth has been the fastest in the …

In this paper, we examine firm innovation and its link to firm growth. Instead of using the conventional … innovation activity all have effects on firm growth, but in different ways. R&D activity is important in that it leads to …