investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and energy use, influence productivity levels. A dynamic factor …This empirical study examines changes in industrial productivity in Korea between 1980 and 2009, focusing on how … productivity growth in 30 industrial sectors. Describing industry-specific productivity levels is important for policymakers when …

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 …

In this paper, we present a simple model in which a unionized and non-unionized firm optimally make investment … decisions given their labor productivity. By allowing workers' organizations to have positive effects on labor effort, we find …

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

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

productivity of a firm, the more likely it is to opt for centralized wage formation where it can hide behind less productive firms …

The decisions of firms on investment and hiring play a crucial role in business cycle fluctuations. This paper explores … investment costs. It is significant and negatively signed, implying complementarity between investment and hiring. There is a … the investment part of the model is poor if hiring is left out completely or is introduced without the interaction between …