In poor countries, labor productivity in agriculture is considerably lower than in the rest of the economy. We assess … than through labor productivities. Third, labor productivity in agriculture is severely mis-measured in the US. …

While the output of a team is evident, the productivity of each team member is typically not readily identifiable. In … this paper we consider the problem of measuring the productivity of team members. We propose a new concept of coworker … productivity, which we refer to as eigenvalue productivity (EVP). We demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of our concept and …

these two facts by documenting (1) an important reallocation of production towards "hyper-productive plant" and (2) a …

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 …

of sectoral labor input and total factor productivity trend growth variation on the persistent decline in long-run output … growth. Our estimation reveals that sector-specific developments have historically accounted for half of this long …-term decline. Zooming into the reunification period, we find a pronounced decline of total factor productivity growth in …