This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits … a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …

Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This … productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business services offshoring on productivity growth with industry-level data … show that there is no productivity effect of materials offshoring, while business services offshoring leads to productivity …

productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying … of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical …

linkages that relax assumptions (i)-(iii), we find robust evidence for positive FDI backward spillover effects …

productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …

accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of …. The estimated spillover effect of human capital on TFP growth is positive and statistically significant, which is very … robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The spillover effect appears to be much stronger before 1994. We …

We estimate how much of the gains from productivity spillovers through worker mobility is retained by the hiring firms …

Can the existence of positive productivity spillovers between co-workers be explained by the presence of …

funding for R&D – and defense-related R&D in particular – on privately conducted R&D, and its ultimate effect on productivity … significant productivity gains …