This paper reviews research that uses longitudinal microdata to document productivity movements and to examine factors … behind productivity growth. The research explores the dispersion of productivity across firms and establishments, the … persistence of productivity differentials, the consequences of entry and exit, and the contribution of resource reallocation …

We study the impact of regional and sectoral productivity changes on the U.S. economy. To that end, we consider an … environment that captures the effects of interregional and intersectoral trade in propagating disaggregated productivity changes … sectoral productivity changes. We fi nd that such elasticities can vary signi cantly depending on the sectors and regions …

, technical change, and a productivity slowdown. We derive the consequences for the skilled-to unskilled wage gap, unemployment …