values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility …

effect of spillovers on research productivity of firms exceeds the structural effect because it includes an active learning …

This paper argues that unemployment insurance increases labor productivity by encouraging workers to seek higher … productivity jobs, and by encouraging firms to create those jobs. We use a quantitative general equilibrium model to investigate …

, productivity is higher. The probabilistic matching model of Diamond, Mortensen, and others provides a way to make the idea of …

such models in analyzing the production structure, the determinants of variable and quasi-fixed factors, and productivity … growth. The paper also discusses the traditional approach to productivity analysis based on the Divisia index number …

sector ownership has no independent impact on productivity growth. The finding that ownership per se does not matter, but …

countries matters for productivity, because a country that imports primarily from technological leaders receives more technology … trade patterns in determining technology flows that affect productivity by using industry level data for machinery goods … imports and productivity in eight OECD countries between 1970-91. First evidence that these countries benefit more from …

This chapter overviews productivity research from an industrial organization perspective. We focus on what is known and … what still needs to be learned about the productivity levels and dynamics of individual producers, but also how these … interact through markets and industries to influence productivity aggregates. We overview productivity concepts, facts, data …