This paper examines the interaction between productivity growth, firms’ monopolistic market power, and workers’ wage … study the correlation of the estimated parameters and markups with the firm-level productivity growth. Second, the paper …

upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions … endogenous response of revenue-based and quantity-based productivity to a change in layers: a firm reorganization. We show that … as a result of an exogenous demand or productivity shock that makes the firm reorganize and add a management layer …

decisions, increased productivity, and higher exit rates. Our empirical analysis, using a novel dataset and instrumental … annual productivity growth, and a 3.6% points higher probability of exit for firms with binding employment targets. Our …. Additionally, an alternative policy of productivity investment subsidies proved costly and less effective in the short term. …

factor productivity growth-particularly among the less productive firms under private Chinese or foreign ownership, but not …

incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that sufficiently low minimum wages may do no harm to employment …, since their job-offer disincentives are countervailed by their job-acceptance incentives. …

Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can … therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the effects of such externalities in a competitive labor market if workers … have private information on their productivity. We find that in any competitive equilibrium there must be Pareto …