We argue that social capital as proxied by regional trust and the Rule of Law can improve aggregate productivity …

productivity. HRM includes incentive pay (individual and group) as well as many non-pay aspects of the employment relationship such … literature on management practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity … regulation. The largest section analyses the impact of HRM on productivity emphasizing issues of methodology, data and results …

-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led …

This paper examines the impact of the operations of foreign-owned multinational firms on the productivity growth of …-owned firms affects the productivity of local firms in that sector and whether there is any evidence of convergence between that … industry's productivity level and that of the United States. The main results can be summarized as follows: First, productivity …

Productivity is a key determinant of the sustainability of the public finances. While the initial impact of Covid-19 on … labor productivity growth shows a surprisingly positive impact, the impact on total factor productivity (TFP) is less clear … medium term. These numbers comprise a large reduction in ‘within-firm’ productivity as intermediate costs increased due to …