The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between a firm's R&D activities and its productivity using a …'s productivity, with an overall elasticity of about 0.125; this general result is largely consistent with previous literature in … impact on productivity of their R&D investments, at least as regards top European R&D investors. …

last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

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 …

from the EUKLEMS database. Our main findings are as follows. Over 2000-2005, market sector labour productivity grew at 2 … innovation contributed 61% (=(1.24+0.45)/2.74)of labour productivity growth over the period. …

and productivity hold in the years before the export start, which indicates self-selection into exporting of more …

productivity and a risky technology with productivity subject to sizeable shocks. Strict EPL makes the risky technology relatively … less attractive because it is more costly to shed workers upon receiving a low productivity draw. We calibrate the model … mechanism can explain a considerable portion of the slowdown in productivity in the EU relative to the US since 1995. …

with the size of production units. These distortions lead to sharp reductions in plant productivity and the fraction of …

productivity of workers. In this paper I set out the conceptual basis for such measures, provide some historical examples, and then …