productivity) is low. Secondly, our estimates of the effects of training on wages are about half the size of the effects on …There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of … productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity …

Across many sectors, research has established that management explains a notable portion of productivity differences … share of the variance of store-level productivity; (ii) negative assortative matching between managers and stores, which may … productivity also tend to obtain high energy productivity, revealing some breadth in managers' skills applicability; (vii) high …

This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in … focuses on the impact of R&D and patents on firms’ performance and productivity, we examine data on actual investment … achieved higher productivity, and these estimated quantitative effects are greater than the impact of standard innovation …

This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in … focuses on the impact of R&D and patents on firms’ performance and productivity, we examine data on actual investment … achieved higher productivity, and these estimated quantitative effects are greater than the impact of standard innovation …

use more intermediate goods. They also pay their workers higher wages. Differences in levels of total factor productivity …Many sectors of the UK economy experienced rapid productivity growth over the 1980's. This coincided with an increase …

productivity will help to sustain employment and wages but will require a broad range of policies. Keeping low barriers to trade … services in output and its integration in the world economy. Productivity growth in the United Kingdom has consistently … financial crisis. Sluggish productivity growth in the service sectors was the main factor behind this weak performance. Raising …

This paper examines the link between barriers to trade and investment and productivity performance, in the United … a robust determinant of productivity in the long term. Control variables such as spending on R&D and human capital also … range of productivity measures as well as to changes in the sectoral coverage and the set of controls. …

aggregate low-paying sector productivity. These findings highlight increased wages' incentive effects with implications for … management practice and public policy since "living" wages may be productivity enhancing. …Low pay poses issues for managers internationally. We examine productivity in low-paying sectors in Britain, since the …

outcome variables – labour productivity, employment and wages. In a second step, an illustrative set of changes in trading … European value chains. Labour productivity and wages are negatively affected across most sectors, but the effects are smaller … of data. As an initial case study, the analysis is for the United Kingdom which has weak regional productivity outside …