metastudy of the historical demography literature shows that the EMP did not prevail throughout Europe, its three key components …

We examine the effect of pregnancy and parenthood on the research productivity of academic economists. Combining the … find that motherhood is associated with low research productivity. Nor do we find a statistically significant unconditional … effect of a first child on research productivity. Conditional difference-in-differences estimates, however, suggest that the …

productivity depends on their age through the build-up of labour market experience and the depreciation of human capital. We make … wisdom following an increase in longevity, depending on the corresponding change in the age-productivity profile …

We determine workforce composition and wages in firms in the presence of productivity spill-overs between co …

This paper uses a proportional hazard model to study foreign direct investment by Japanese manufacturers in Europe … how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …

total factor productivity. We exploit time, country, and industry differences in the opening of EU labor markets from 2004 …

plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a …

The paper investigates the impact of exchange rate volatility on growth in Emerging Europe and East Asia. Exchange … panel estimations provide evidence for a negative impact of exchange rate volatility on growth both in Emerging Europe and …

into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect … productivity growth, and endogenous changes in expenditures shares on manufacturing goods and services. We quantify the importance … accumulation and trade costs have been the most important drivers of trade in the sample at hand, whereas productivity growth and …