This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence … catch up with technological leaders, in particular in terms of energy productivity. Moreover, the results show that …

technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over … considerably to macroeconomic energy-productivity growth while in other countries they partly offset energy-efficiency improvements …. In contrast, structural changes only play a minor role in explaining macroeconomic labour-productivity developments. We …

exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970 … considerably to aggregate manufacturing energy-productivity growth and, hence, to decoupling, while in other countries they partly … manufacturing labour-productivity developments. Furthermore, we find labour-productivity growth to be higher on average than energy-productivity …

Productivity across European regions is related to three types of networks that mediate R&D-related knowledge … co-patenting relations appear to affect local productivity directly, regions that link up to innovative leader regions … via imports gain in productivity only when they have relatively high levels of human capital and absorptive capacity. From …

This paper focuses on the relation between worker's productivity and retirement decision. Assuming that productivity … follows geometric Brownian motion with drift, there exists such a level of productivity for which it is optimal to retire. The … productivity and the probability of retirement. …

We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining …

better at multitasking. Women suffer as much as men when forced to multitask and are actually less inclined to multitask when …

market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close …-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of productivity is that, in addition to accounting for the filigree composition of human … migrating and local human capital, their interaction and joint impact on local productivity, and (2) to cross-check for the …

-based productivity, consumption amenities and sorting of heterogeneous home owners while controlling for interactions between the labor …