We study how workers' wages respond to TFP-driven innovations in firms' labor productivity. Using unique data with … of physical (as opposed to revenue) TFP to instrument labor productivity in the wage equations. We find that the reaction … of wages to sectoral labor productivity is almost three times larger than the response to pure idiosyncratic (firm …

the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible … status and the growth of its labour productivity, using the firms' export status as a binary treatment variable and comparing …'s export-sales ratio and its labour productivity growth rate. We find that there is a causal effect of firms' export activities …

dispersion, and 2) the correlation between within-firm skill dispersion and productivity is positive in industries with higher …

rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT …-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some limited support for more rapid productivity growth in IT … expectations, is that output contracts in IT-intensive industries relative to the rest of manufacturing. Productivity increases …

This paper compares labour productivity during the Great Depression (GD) and the Great Recession (GR) in engineering … peak-to-trough of the GD cycle, hourly labour productivity was countercyclical, remaining above its 1929 starting point. In … the GR peak-to-trough period, hourly productivity was procyclical, falling below its 2007/08 starting point. While …

Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour … productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … crucial for Kenya to have high labour productivity as it has strong implications for economic growth and welfare. The paper …

This paper provides estimates of labor productivity for one-third of UK manufacturing during the Great Depression. It … period. Working time is found to play a crucial role the UK productivity response. Countercyclical productivity is discussed …