The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US “productivity miracle” is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

We analyse the impact of Covid-19 on productivity using data from an innovative monthly firm survey panel that asks for … quantitative impacts of Covid on inputs and outputs. We find total factor productivity (TFP) fell by up to 5% during 2020–21. The … overall impact combined large reductions in ‘within-firm’ productivity, with an offsetting positive ‘between-firm’ effects as …

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … cross-country total factor productivity differences. …

Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and … and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is …

economically and statistically significant impacton firm-level productivity and market value. Patent citations contain more … (total factor) productivity and an eight percent increase in market value. As expected patenting and citation information … feeds into market values immediately but appears to have some additional lagged effects of productivity suggesting gradual …