productivity performance of domestic firms in three emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland …

We develop a quantitative framework in which income inequality arises endogenously in response to productivity shocks …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …

This paper uses firm-level panel data of on-the-job training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To this … the endogeneity of input factors and training. We find that the productivity premium of a trained worker is substantially …

productivity and wages. Workers receiving training are on average more productive than workers not receiving training. This makes … productivity. Average wages increase only by 0.5%. Sectoral spillovers between firms that train workers are found, but only in … firms more productive. On-the-job training increases firm level measured productivity between 1 and 2%, compared to firms …

market structures is associated with higher total factor productivity. However, these effects depend on the ownership …

We develop a quantitative framework in which income inequality arises endogenously in response to productivity shocks …