pandemic wave) was associated with declines in consumption (-1.9%), investment (-1.2%), output (-2.4%), and productivity (-1 …

's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based …

productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for identification. We find that the reform of apprenticeship … substitution of temporary employees in favour of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …

to make the proper adjustments for international productivity differences. The central tool is a factor conversion matrix …

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

This paper studies the effect of structural change on the historical path of aggregate labor productivity growth for a … that structural change may have on future productivity growth. We document that the observed reallocation of economic … activity since the 1970s towards the service sector has exerted a strongly negative effect on aggregate productivity growth in …

productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence …

productivity in the rest of the economy. To separate exogenous gains in ICT from other technological progress, we use the relative …