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 …

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 …

This paper analyzes whether part-time employment is beneficial for firm productivity in the service sector. Using a … productivity, we estimate a production function including heterogeneous employment shares based on work hours. We find that a … larger part-time employment share leads to greater firm productivity. Additional data on the timing of labor demand show that …

on a firm's productivity and what the consequences are for a firm's profits. …

This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination …

’ productivity is still not very clear. …

This paper is one of the first to estimate how the region in which an establishment is located affects its productivity …, wage cost and cost competitiveness (i.e. its productivity-wage gap). To do so, we use detailed linked employer … productivity and wages are significant but vanish almost totally, both in industry and services, when controlling for a wide range …

The labour market situation of low-educated people is particularly critical in most advanced economies, especially … among youngsters and women. Policies aiming to increase their employability either try to foster their productivity and …/or to decrease their wage cost. Yet, the evidence on the misalignment between education-induced productivity gains and …

The labour market situation of low-educated people is particularly critical in most advanced economies, especially … among youngsters and women. Policies aiming to increase their employability either try to foster their productivity and …/or to decrease their wage cost. Yet, the evidence on the misalignment between education-induced productivity gains and …