additional information contained in profits, which complements the information from wages and transitions typically used in … previous work. We identify the strength of sorting solely from a ranking of firms by profits. To discern the sign of sorting …

, operating surplus and profits as performance indicators are estimated. Heterogeneity and robustness are investigated by a … operating surplus of IV panel estimates. However, on average, we find a tendency towards negative effects on profits. This …

We propose a simple test that uses information on workers' mobility, wages and firms' profits to identify the sign and … types and firm profits to rank firms. We use a panel data set that combines social security earnings records for workers in …

competitiveness (i.e. productivity, wages and profits) while controlling for key econometric issues such as time-invariant unobserved … competitiveness vary across sectors: while temporary employment is found to enhance productivity and profits in (labour …

the mean value - raises profits on average by somewhat less than half a percentage point, reduces average labour costs by … about 0.1 percent and has no effect on TFP. The positive effects on profits are larger for small firms operating in low tech …

this rise has been accompanied by a rise in the level and variability of corporate profits whereas the labor share of …. By assumption, firms can adjust capital more easily than labor. Profits arise from rents paid to quasi-fixed factors of … capital-to-labor ratio and the level and volatility of corporate profits to rise, but only increased factor substitutability …

higher profits in their businesses. …

intangible capital and from firm-specific advantages. Lower profits and the union tax on asset returns leads to reduced …