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Relying on a unique integrated database, this work explores the relationship between labour productivity, on one side … acknowledging the need to update their knowledge base display a higher productivity vis-à-vis other firms. Second, when it comes to … productivity as compared to other firms. On the contrary, companies characterized by a need in managerial, STEM or humanities …
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Human capital is transferable across occupations, but only to a limited extent because of differences in occupational skill-profiles. Higher skill overlap between occupations renders less of individuals' human capital useless in occupational switches. Current occupational distance measures...
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Relying on a unique integrated database, this work explores the relationship between labour productivity, on one side … acknowledging the need to update their knowledge base display a higher productivity vis-à-vis other firms. Second, when it comes to … productivity as compared to other firms. On the contrary, companies characterized by a need in managerial, STEM or humanities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041439
The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …
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. Our findings suggest that the productivity gains from investments in the three innovative activities are related to firm …
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In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-employee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …
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In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning …-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317919
quality has implications for labour productivity. Almost half of labour productivity growth of 1.4% per annum since 1988 can … be attributed to the rise in labour quality. Labour productivity measured as output per quality-adjusted working hour …
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This paper assess determinants of productivity gaps between firms in the European transition countries and regions and … the role of capital deepening in productivity catch-up, as well as the case that the gaps in labour productivity are most … auf die Problematik Humankapital und modernes, marktorientiertes Management ausgerichtet. Die Studie führte zu ganz neuen …
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We provide first evidence regarding the direct impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity. To do so, we rely … productivity, we find that: i) a higher level of required education exerts a significantly positive influence on firm productivity …, ii) additional years of over-education (both among young and older workers) are beneficial for firm productivity, and iii …
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