a critical role in explaining regional disparities in productivity. In fact, we show that over 50% of the East …-West productivity gap is associated with a less efficient labor allocation in former East Germany. Yet, we also demonstrate that the … suggest that regional productivity differences could be substantially narrowed by a more efficient labor allocation among …

explain most of the well-known differences in aggregate growth rates of labour productivity and employment across these … productivity and capital, the paper analyses service sector growth in detail. It argues that a careful consideration of the forces … of long-run growth may help to better explain differences in employment and productivity growth, in particular if …

probability of robot adoption. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative …