model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …Optimal production decisions depend on local market characteristics. This paper develops a model to explain firm labor … demand and firm density across regions. Firms vary in their technology to combine imperfectly substitutable worker types, and …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age …

for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications …

be likely to contribute to productivity growth in British Columbia: the underutilization of the skills of recent …

The measurement of productivity is a complex task. The OECD has recently released a comprehensive manual or guide to … the measurement of industry-level and aggregate productivity. In the fifth article, Paul Schreyer from the OECD and the … author of the OECD productivity manual provides an overview of the manual. He highlights a number of the key issues addressed …

The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles that deal with a wide range of issues in the productivity area. Topics covered are the contribution of … the information and communications technology sector to productivity growth in Canada and the United States; the Irish …

This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa … productivity for improving living standards and quality of life. We will be publishing twice a year articles from leading … researchers on productivity issues, trends and developments in Canada and other countries. The Monitor will also serve as a …

The author argues that productivity should be raised by bringing the low productivity segment of the workforce closer … to the median. Consequently, he argues that the most pressing task for Canadians is to foster basic skills, reduce the …

larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that … large firms or also for smaller firms. Empirical evidence, which suggests complementarity between IT and decentralization …, is mainly based on large firms. Using data from a sample of 3292 SMEs and of 598 larger firms from the manufacturing and …