extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity … and account for a small share of gross, industry-level changes in exports, employment, output, and productivity. The … distribution of exports are positively correlated with changes in total factor productivity. Our results suggest that plants face …

economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the … North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is … export status and provides an explanation for the lackluster average productivity performance of exporting plants …

American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios …

investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

especially with regard to time use and cross-productivity with cognition. We find that individuals with higher task effectiveness …

questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how … received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA …

overall productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it … variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for identification. Our results show that the reform of … productivity losses. We estimate substitution elasticities across various types of temporary contracts that are consistent with …