between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …

and analyzing statistical data on productivity trends and technological change in the energy-intensive manufacturing … also examine the impact of alternative model specifications on estimates of productivity growth and technological change …. malleable-- in contributing to productivity growth and technological change. The project has already produced a data resource on …

We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the … relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we … increases in extension-schooling without commensurate improvements in research capacity did not improve productivity performance. …