capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major … accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of … robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The spillover effect appears to be much stronger before 1994. We …

labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly … 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 … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity …

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 …

there is significant interaction between spending of neighbouring counties in Germany. …

Environmental federalism refers to the debate over the 'optimal' level of government at which to delegate environmental … literatures. By doing so, the goal is to limit the scope of the debate over environmental federalism moving forward, as well as …