technology (IT) and productivity by investigating several plant-level mechanisms through which IT could promote productivity … estimation of longitudinal models eliminate many sources of unmeasured heterogeneity that could confound productivity comparisons …

productivity across firms within narrowly defined sectors. Our hypothesis is that periods of rapid innovation are accompanied by … high rates of entry, significant experimentation and, in turn, a high degree of productivity dispersion. Following this … experimentation phase, successful innovators and adopters grow while unsuccessful innovators contract and exit yielding productivity …

We study the impact of techies--engineers and other technically trained workers--on firm-level productivity. We first … structural econometric methods, we estimate the causal effect of techies on firm-level Hicks-neutral productivity in both … manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this effect goes beyond the …

innovation will be required to preserve past productivity gains in the face of climate change, coevolving pests and diseases, and … changing technological regulations--let alone increase productivity. Great potential exists for innovation in crop and …

on its ability to generate productivity increase, and domestic innovation will be an important part of it. In this paper …

productivity is endogenously enhanced? To address these questions, we focus on the dynamic effect of trade, in particular, how …

How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … the various layers that connect R&D subsidies and higher education policy to productivity growth. We put the development …

. To understand how these changing firm demographics have affected growth, we decompose productivity growth into the firms …

productivity growth at the aggregate and firm level during the post-war period. Growth is driven by the development of both (i … variance of aggregate productivity growth is determined mainly by the arrival rate of general innovations. Ceteris paribus, the … increase in firm-level volatility, and a decline in aggregate volatility. The effect on productivity growth is ambiguous. On …