bottom firms catching up with top firms in the Republic of Korea and the richest EU countries. Regarding employment and labor … skills, employment growth has generally been quite stagnant in all regions. Labor skills, for which we use the wage premium …. Our test of the productivity−employment link indicates that the size of employment tends to have a greater impact on …

larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging …