We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

-setting power) and (iii) revenue productivity. We apply this framework to analyze whether the pricing behavior of firms in product …

-setting power) and (iii) revenue productivity. We apply this framework to analyze whether the pricing behavior of firms in product …

This chapter covers the theory and methods for productivity measurement for nations. Labor, multifactor and total … factor productivity measures are defined and are related to each other and to gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Their … factor productivity growth (TFPG) index. These are easiest to understand for the case in which the index number problem is …

productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro … show that if we allow for a non-linear effect of education on output the whole of the average productivity differences …

estimated in order to explore differences in labor productivity between IT outsourcing and non-IT outsourcing firms. This … positively affecting firms? labor productivity. An additional analysis indicates that IT outsourcing, in the medium-term, has a … approach takes possible complementarities between IT outsourcing and production input factors into account and further allows …

, outsourcing and offshoring result in an overstatement of labor productivity and multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing … - outsourcing and offshoring - depress wages. The effects of outsourcing and offshoring on manufacturing and aggregate productivity …Because of gaps in existing surveys and methodological problems with the computation of productivity measures …

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its … labor productivity effects with a representative sample of Finnish businesses. Depending on the IT task in question, on …-Internet business-to-business applications (e.g., EDI) is the leading activity in this respect. The various dimensions of IT outsourcing …