In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity … productivity-related premia that firms pay their workers above common market wages. The remaining third can be attributed to …

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

This paper examines the relationship between firm multifactor productivity growth (mfp) and changing skill levels of …

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

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-employee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …

post-immigration occupational matching – for earnings are explored for new immigrants to Canada. Given the importance of …. However, surprisingly, neither matching nor language skills have any impact on the return to pre-immigration work experience …

Positive assortative matching implies that high productivity workers and firms match together. However, there is almost …

workers are employed in more productive industries. The evidence confirms assortative matching can be present even when worker …