productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. … is evidenced in a greater dispersion in productivity and related key business choices. We also find that the mean impact …

productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. … is evidenced in a greater dispersion in productivity and related key business choices. We also find that the mean impact …

In health economic evaluation studies, to value productivity loss due to absenteeism, existing methods use wages as a … absenteeism results in lower productivity and wages, and the marginal productivity loss due to team worker absenteeism is … productivity loss or gain is most likely to be underestimated when valued according to wages for team workers. The findings help to …

This paper studies the effect of R&D spillovers on R&D spending and productivity in a sample of German manufacturing … racing phenomena. Moreover, in high-technology industries spillovers have a productivity-enhancing effect in addition to …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …

Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in … Germany's bank-based system of internal control, ownership concentration is harmful for productivity growth. …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

We study the importance of intangible capital (R&D, software, patents) for the measurement of productivity using firm … of input choice and unobserved productivity shocks. We find a positive output elasticity for research and development (R … output production function reduces productivity dispersion (measured by the 90-10 decile range) on average by 3%, in some …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …