We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 … firms’ productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is …

productivity. Initial results show that knowledge-based capital has a positive effect on productivity of comparable magnitude for …

The study focuses on the question of whether productivity estimates are biased due to the emergence of a new input that … is usually omitted: temporary agency worker (TAW). The study analyzes labor productivity and TFP by means of a structural … account, that: i) labor productivity in most manufacturing sectors is significantly lower; ii) average TFP differs …

The study focuses on the question of whether productivity estimates are biased due to the emergence of a new input that … is usually omitted: temporary agency worker (TAW). The study analyzes labor productivity and TFP by means of a structural … account, that: i) labor productivity in most manufacturing sectors is significantly lower; ii) average TFP differs …

In Germany, the productivity of professional services, a sector dominated by micro and small firms, declined by 40 … percent between 1995 and 2014. This productivity decline also holds true for professional services in other European countries … small firms, despite their lower productivity levels, is not responsible for the decline. We also cannot confirm the …