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productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … at least in part to blame for the differences in aggregate productivity between Germany and the US. …
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performance, and total factor productivity. Second, we investigate whether and how such effects are transmitted to the workers, in …
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innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth … productivity. Secondly, we draw attention to recent modeling and estimation effort that reveals novel sources of heterogeneity, non …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity …
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Using panel data from Spain Farinas and Ruano (IJIO 2005) test three hypotheses from a model by Hopenhayn (Econometrica 1992): (H1) Firms that exit in year t were in t-1 less productive than firms that continue to produce in t. (H2) Firms that enter in year t are less productive than incumbent...
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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our microeconometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
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Using the approach suggested by Gabaix (Econometrica 2011) this paper demonstrates that idiosyncratic shocks in the largest firms are important for an understanding of aggregate volatility in German manufacturing industries. The implications of this finding for theoretical and empirical research...
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) productivity growth, as more productive businesses displace less productive ones. However, this research has been limited by the … productivity measures. If prices reflect idiosyncratic demand or market power shifts, high "productivity" businesses may not be … selection and productivity growth using data from industries where we observe producer-level quantities and prices separately …
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the Financial Statement data in the Finnish manufacturing sector, we examine the sources of carbon-productivity growth and … of carbon productivity growth whereas the contribution of entering and exiting firms was negative. In addition, the … allocation of emissions across firms appeared to be inefficient, with a negative impact on carbon productivity growth over the …
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We use plant output and input prices to decompose the profit margin into four parts: productivity, demand shocks, mark … the impact of productivity, and other market fundamentals, on plant exit. A dynamic simulation that compares the … distribution of productivity with and without the trade reform shows that improvements in market selection from trade reform help …
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performance indicators, productivity and profitability. -- One-third co-determination ; firm performance ; Germany …
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