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 …

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

In this chapter we examine the relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and productivity. HRM includes … practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity and the main economic … analyzes the impact of HRM on productivity emphasizing issues of methodology, data and results (from micro-econometric studies …

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 …

Economists have long puzzled over the astounding differences in productivity between firms and countries. For example … productivity could be accounted for by differential inputs, such as capital intensity. Syverson looked at industries defined at the … Syverson (2008) show large differences in total factor productivity even within very homogeneous goods industries such as boxes …

The productivity of firms in developing countries appears to be extremely low. Prior work, such as that summarized in …, trade policies, and human capital that reduce the productivity of firms in developing countries. In this short article we …

We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …