Linked employer-employee data from New Zealand is used to study the relationship between a firm's productivity growth … relationship between productivity growth and hiring is compared to the predictions implied by two different channels: worker … quality and knowledge spillover. Although it is not possible to identify a causal relationship, the productivity of a worker …

of productivity-affecting knowledge spillovers. We find evidence that hiring workers from more productive establishments … leads to higher productivity in the following year. For an average establishment, this productivity increase amounts to 0 ….45 percent in our most conservative estimate. The observed productivity gains hold for a variety of specifications, and changes …

gap in human capital between Africa and the rest of the world has widened slightly over the years. While the fast pace of … Asia’s human capital growth has contributed to this growing gap, the fact remains that Africa is behind its peers in other … continents and the rest of the world. There is a strong link between a country’s human capital and total factor productivity …

The paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is … diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is … considerable beneficial effects on industry productivity. Possible endogeneity problems related to labour mobility are tackled by …