This paper uses a novel empirical approach to assess if the development of online platforms affects the productivity of …) and ten OECD countries using internet search data from Google Trends, which we link to firm-level data on productivity in … these industries. We find that platform development supports the productivity of the average incumbent service firm and also …

on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …. Regulatory reform can improve consumer welfare by boosting competition and thus lowering prices of key goods and services, which … in turn increases the purchasing power of low-income households and reduces poverty. By raising productivity, stronger …

central hubs and peripheral countries and sectors, and examine how these changes impact firm productivity. Using cross … productivity growth of smaller firms, nonfrontier businesses, and of firms in smaller economies and in post-2004 EU member … (centrality weighted) average productivity of buyers matters for the productivity of firms in our data overall, however this is …

In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity … productivity-related premia that firms pay their workers above common market wages. The remaining third can be attributed to …

In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity … productivity-related premia that firms pay their workers above common market wages. The remaining third can be attributed to …

This paper explores the effects of offshoring, technology and Chinese import competition on labor market polarization … we also find some tentative evidence that Chinese import competition contributed as well. In other private industries … find that Chinese import competition contributed to the decline of employment in the less polarized manufacturing …

human capital and productivity improvements. While educational attainment is very high, the education system needs to be …