We analyze the impact of within-task difficulty and complexity on workers' productivity in online labor markets. Using … sub-tasks within a problem-solved task. We find that our productivity measures are negatively related to the difficulty …

We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each … that the decreases in productivity are explained by increases in time spent on breaks rather than the duration of phone …

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. …

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 …

the training on store- and individual- level productivity. The intervention was more effective in boosting leadership than … findings confirm the possibility of increasing productivity through training targeting critical soft-skills. …

Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training …-level productivity. We further link these Findings to individual-level performance measures. In particular, we document positive effects … increasing productivity through training programs targeting critical skills. …

This paper examines the relationship between firm multifactor productivity growth (mfp) and changing skill levels of …