firms productivity levels within the industry. Less pronounced differences in productivity levels make it easier to design … collective wage contracts that are accepted by a wider range of firms within an industry. Higher dispersion in productivity … likely to decrease. We measure correlations between productivity variation and collective bargaining coverage in various …

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …

-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more … classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through …

We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 … firms’ productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is …

robots. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative, impact on robot …

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

productivity. The effects are investigated both in isolation and in conjunction with the impact of ICT maturity on microdata in six … proportion of ICT-intensive human capital boosts productivity. This seems to confirm the case in favour of recruitment of highly …

Establishment Panel from the Institute for Employment Research. The major results are: productivity and investments are positively …

The paper studies the patent productivity of scientists over their life cycle. The incentives for patenting and for … publishing are compared and how they shape life cycle productivity. In most empirical studies, publication productivity decreases … productivity over the life time. In the empirical part the patents of nearly 1000 German patent active professors are analyzed. The …