stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 …-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more …

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 …-technology manufacturing, average innovation performance is higher in all industries in Germany and the innovation performance distributions …

This paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors. The … impact on labour productivity; this general result is largely consistent with previous literature in terms of the sign, the …, R&D investment is not the sole source of productivity gains; technological change embodied in gross investment is of …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …

of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e. the ‘control … very important - but specific - function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity …

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. …

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 …