from rural to urban locations is endogenous and linked to productivity differences between the two locations and survival …

We investigate the employment consequences of deindustrialization for 1,993 cities in France, Germany, Great Britain … number of cities was able to adapt to the negative shock caused by deindustrialization. The U.S. has the lowest share … then seek to understand why some former manufacturing hubs recovered while others didn't. We find that deindustrialization …

In recent times the employment effects of technical progress raised much intention. Will recent productivity gains lead …

heterogeneous workforce in terms of skills and productivity. Capital and labor are the inputs in production and the different types … these gains stems from the productivity increase arising from the expanded labor market opportunities for these workers …

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …

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 …

understand the link between institutions and an economy's productivity distribution. -- intra-industry trade ; heterogeneous …

Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of … sectors, predicts that immigration boosts output per worker by expanding the high-productivity sector, but decreases output …