This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm …-country differences in key economic outcomes, such as productivity or output per capita, to differences in policies and institutions that … determinants of productivity at the firm-level and the evolution of the distribution of productivity across firms within each …

database of comparable productivity indicators built by members of the Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) using a newly ….g. productivity and size. The database comprises so far 11 countries, with information for 58 sectors over the period 1995-2011. The … preliminary results. Among them, it shows that there is large heterogeneity in terms of firm productivity or size within narrowly …

Recent empirical research relates lower aggregate total factor productivity to more dispersed productivity levels … opportunity. Consequently, productivity dispersion increases and average productivity falls. I use the framework to assess the … and banks on productivity. …

database of comparable productivity indicators built by members of the Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) using a newly ….g. productivity and size. The database comprises so far 11 countries, with information for 58 sectors over the period 1995-2011. The … results. Among them, it shows that there is large heterogeneity in terms of firm productivity or size within narrowly defined …

Network (CompNet). The new database provides information on the distribution of labour productivity, TFP, ULC or size of firms …, within each industry, but also their joint analysis with the productivity of the firm provides critical insights to both … productivity developments and its drivers. For instance, by using covariances between productivity and employment the paper shows …

Network (CompNet). The new database provides information on the distribution of labour productivity, TFP, ULC or size of firms …, within each industry, but also their joint analysis with the productivity of the firm provides critical insights to both … structure and characteristics of this novel database, pointing out a number of results that are relevant to study productivity …

productivity not only increases the likelihood of exporting, but also the chances of firm survival and continued export market …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …