A large body of work has highlighted the importance of employment reallocation as a driver of aggregate productivity … productivity variation across firms. As many theories would predict, worker flows from lower- to higher-productivity firms are … occur “down the firm productivity ladder.” This process is also highly heterogeneous along several dimensions. Up …

From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth … or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to produce higher productivity growth? Does such … and used these inputs to estimate the short-run and long-run relationship between labor market flows, labor productivity …

explores the sectoral reallocation of labour by gender. In Bulgaria, men and women started the transition on an almost equal …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism, but they rise dramatically after reforms, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …