the context of a postulated change in the rate of increase of total factor productivity, we show that the convergence …

Using two matched plant level skills and productivity datasets for UK manufacturing we document that (i) more …

We study the relation between workers' skill dispersion and firm productivity using a unique dataset of Italian … production function that depends on the skill composition show that a firm's productivity is positively related to skill …

This paper examines whether differences in welfare regimes shape the incentives to work and get educated. Using … microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals, the results show that welfare regimes make a difference for wages and … weakest welfare systems, i.e. those with what is known as ‘Residual’ welfare regimes (Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal …

percentage of households in poverty. He attributed the bulk of this decline to government welfare reforms enacted during and … with that of 1936 and looking more closely at the measurement of income. We also re-assess the impact of welfare reforms on … working class poverty. We find that poverty in York was significantly higher, and the contribution of welfare reform …

-offs. The analytical expressions we derive for social welfare deliver a transparent understanding of how preferences, technology …

rates increase firm's productivity while high shares of temporary contracts decrease it. Both effects are quantitatively …