. This paper explores the direct economic consequences of immigration on host nations’ productivity performance at a sectoral … made a negative contribution to labour productivity growth in Spain and a negative but negligible contribution in the UK … sectors, but we note considerable variation in magnitudes. Labour productivity growth has a neutral contribution from migrant …

between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest … that the positive productivity effect is driven by male part-timers working more than 25 hours, whereas the share of female …

We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely … productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity …, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii …

destination most preferred by immigrants. However, it has also had a scant productivity performance. The main burden on … productivity growth lies with the construction sector and almost all private service sectors with the unique exception of the … of growth, shifting from labour creation to improvements in multifactor productivity. …

-2002. We compute the contribution to output and labour productivity growth of employment, non-ICT and ICT capital, labour … qualification and Total Factor Productivity. Results are given for 29 different branches; individually and grouped into four … that although the ICT intensive group appears to be the most dynamic cluster, most of the impact on productivity is still …

The paper presents a quantification of Spanish productivity performance over the last two decades –with a special … notable inefficiencies, as identified by negative Total Factor Productivity (TFP) contributions to productivity growth during … resurgence of labour productivity in Spain over the 2000-2004 period. …

, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16 …-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the … presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm …

, wage and productivity in the Belgian private sector. More precisely, we examine how changes in the proportions of young (16 …-29 years), middle-aged (30-49 years) and older (more than 49 years) workers affect the productivity of firms and test for the … presence of productivity-wage gaps. Results (robust to various potential econometric issues, including unobserved firm …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using …) for firm productivity and wages. While gender diversity is found to generate significant gains in high … firm size nor point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity. …

United States showed a behavior that was influenced by new technologies, whereas in Spain the contribution of productivity to …