Labour productivity stagnated in the UK in the years between the financial crisis and the emergence of Covid-19. At the … same time labour supply and employment grew strongly, driven primarily by net inward migration. While labour productivity … that around one-fifth, or 4pp, of the 25 log point fall in productivity from its previous trend can be explained by …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the possible trade-off between employment and productivity using panel data on … world economies, developed and developing. We begin with the importance of productivity growth for developing countries …, followed by a brief discussion of the concept of productivity and how it is measured. We discuss the concept of "decent work …

The link between time-of-day and productivity on cognitive tasks is crucial to understand workplace efficiency and … important determinant of productivity and (iii) implies that efficiency gains of up to 0.14 standard deviations can be achieved … productivity between day and night shifts, we establish that such relationship is also important within a standard day-light shift …

union density on firm productivity and wages in the population of Norwegian firms over the period 2001 to 2012. Increases in … union density lead to substantial increases in firm productivity and wages having accounted for the potential endogeneity of …

agents in a highly non-linear incentive system, we find that the improvement in productivity far outweighed the costs … accordingly focus more on the productivity-enhancing than on the distortionary effects. …

the role of inputs from "Science" (firm-level publications' stock) on firms' labour productivity, showing that the effect …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- International trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …