A startling fact of firm level productivity analysis is the large and persistent differences in both labour … productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) between firms in narrowly defined sectoral classes. The competitiveness of an … industry is potentially an important factor explaining this productivity dispersion. The degree of competition has also …

firms with different levels of productivity. A common problem isthat most firm level dataset do not contain information on … output prices of firms which makesit difficult to distinguish between productivity differences and differences in market … powerbetween firms. This paper develops a new econometric framework that allows estimatingboth firm specific productivity and …

untested implication of many theories rationalizing the growth of within-group inequality is that firm-level productivity … covering the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors since the early 1980s. We find evidence that productivity inequality … increase in inequality between firms (and within industries). Increased productivity dispersion appears to be linked with new …

markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …

United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …

This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …

We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …

companies with higher wages, higher productivity and higher capital intensity. The ‘blip up’ in new recognitions is consistent …