We adopt a spatial econometric approach to estimate intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers in total factor … productivity transmitted through input-output relations in a sample of 13 OECD countries and 15 manufacturing industries. Both R …

productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … substitution of temporary employees in favour of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of … Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for the distributions of productivity and sales to have the same form …

Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across … US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size …