In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …

We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity … general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on productivity of about 0.04. In-house training is more effective …

linking this to productivity, which turns out to be important. The paper also provides an example of modeling productivity … linkages to openness and domestic regulation, with an applied CGE model of Italy. This illustrates cross-sector linkages and …

or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … significant and robust Veblen-Gerschenkrion effect. The initial total factor productivity advantage of MNEs on local firm acts as … a stimulus for productivity growth of local firms in the same region. …

for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and …

Using a matching approach, we compare the productivity trajectories of future exporters and matched and unmatched non …-exporters. Future exporters have higher productivity than do unmatched non-exporters before entry into the export market, which … indicates self-selection into exports. More interestingly, we also find a productivity increase among future exporters relative …