Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of … sectors, predicts that immigration boosts output per worker by expanding the high-productivity sector, but decreases output …

productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … at least in part to blame for the differences in aggregate productivity between Germany and the US. …

variance of its components, which is then applied to measure the relative contributions of productivity, hours per worker, and … employment to cyclical output growth across a panel of countries. Measured productivity contributes more to the cycle in Europe … cyclical employment fluctuations. -- Intensive margin ; extensive margin ; productivity ; business cycles ; variance …

face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro … confirmed in an empirical study of the German clothing industry. -- International trade ; firm heterogeneity ; productivity …

The labour productivity impact of innovation is investigated in this paper combining neo-Schumpeterian insights on the … productivity and export success in European manufacturing industries and firm size classes. The empirical estimates are based on …-sectional estimation methodologies able to account for unobserved industrial characteristics, show that productivity in Europe relies on …

The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …