For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …

model, we use novel and detailed productivity and survey data from nine large firms in three industries: call … profits per worker and the difference is driven by referrals from high productivity workers. …

concerns about labor productivity and about economic outcomes at both the individual, enterprise, and macro levels. The …, workforce productivity, and economic performance. Taken as a whole, the articles dispel some of the concerns, sharpen our …

productivity varies across working environments. Using detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data for 1999-2010, they … find the existence of a significant, positive (negative) impact of over- (under-)education on firm productivity. Moreover …, their results show that the effect of over-education on productivity is stronger among firms: (i) with a higher share of …

We use data on international chess tournaments to study the relationship between age and mental productivity in a brain … age on productivity vary with unobserved ability, commonly used fixed effects estimators applied to raw data do not … guarantee consistent estimates of age-productivity profiles. In our data, this method strongly over-estimates the productivity …

that this would positively affect firms' productivity, sales, employment or profits? To address these questions we assemble …B visas were relaxed, a subset of firms would experience gains in average labor productivity, firm size, and profits …. These empirical findings are consistent with a heterogeneous-firms model where innovation enhances productivity and is …

unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …