In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading …

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 …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with …