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between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest … that the positive productivity effect is driven by male part-timers working more than 25 hours, whereas the share of female …
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We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely … productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity …, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii …
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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
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, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16 …-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the … presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm …
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Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders’ characteristics. We show that a strong predictor...
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equal, managers who themselves played at a higher level raise the productivity of less-skilled teams by more than that of … accumulated professional managing experience raise the productivity of talented players by more than that of less-talented players …
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We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and …
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