and productivity. We decompose the spatial variation of earnings into a productivity effect and an occupational … that doubling the population of working age proximate to an area is associated with a 3.5% increase in productivity in the …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US “productivity miracle” is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

many services types. These firms are characterised by bigger size and higher than average productivity, all of which seem …

failure of meritocracy that reduces a firm’s Total Factor Productivity. We present a simple model that studies the … Factor Productivity. …