In this paper, our research question that could analyze how efficiency in Swedish financial enterprises has changed …) efficiency estimators. We predict cost function by employing panel stochastic frontier approach. These allow us to construct cost … efficiency. …

A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers … equilibrium search model of the labor market with an endogenous number of contacts between workers and firms. Workers contact … approximately half of the 4.7% loss. There is a potential role for activating labor market policies, because I show that for the …

A large part of the literature on frictional matching in the labor market assumes bilateral meetings between workers … equilibrium search model of the labor market with an endogenous number of contacts between workers and firms. Workers contact … approximately half of the 4.7% loss. There is a potential role for activating labor market policies, because I show that for the …

The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a … presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor … productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …

mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …

capacity utilization. Violence acts as a negative blue-collar labor supply shock, leading to significant increase in skill …

Total Factor Productivity) to rich countries – offsetting efficiency gains from the spatial reallocation of labor from low … under productivity transmission and calibrating it with new macro and micro data. In this model, the case for efficiency … economic efficiency. In contrast, a new strand of research posits that migration restrictions could be not only desirably …

-plant heterogeneity points to a local labor supply channel where particularly plants utilizing low-wage, female, blue-collar workers are … impacted. Consistent with a blue-collar labor supply shock, the results show a positive impact on average blue-collar wages and …

pre-registered subsamples. The results imply very low substitutability of native for foreign labor in the policy …-relevant occupations. Forensic analysis suggests similarly low substitutability of black-market labor. …