total factor productivity. We exploit time, country, and industry differences in the opening of EU labor markets from 2004 …

This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital …' productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital spillover from FDI is …

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. …