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Growing productivity without growing wages : the micro-level anatomy of the aggregate labor share decline
Kehrig, Matthias; Vincent, Nicolas - 2017 - First version: November 2015, this version: March 29, 2017
The aggregate labor share in U.S. manufacturing declined dramatically over the last three decades: Since the mid-1980's, the compensation for labor declined from 67% to 47% of value added which is unseen in any other sector of the U.S. economy. The labor share of the typical U.S. manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646840
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Inside the virtuous cycle between productivity, profitability, investment and corporate growth : an anatomy of China industrialization
Yu, Xiaodan; Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Lei, Jiasu - 2015
This article explores the dynamics of market selection by investigating of the relationships linking productivity, profitability, investment and growth, based on China's manufacturing firm-level dataset over the period 1998 - 2007. First, we find that productivity variations, rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500809
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The impact of import competition from China on firm-level productivity growth in the EU
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Kügler, Agnes; Reinstaller, … - 2021
We revisit the impact of rising imports from China on within firm labour productivity growth in the EU. The period analysed is 2003 through 2016 and thus covers the recent increase of technology-intensive imports from China. We find that higher fractions of Chinese imports in aggregate imports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437531
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Do firms facing competitors from emerging markets behave differently? : evidence from Austrian manufacturing firms
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2021
We study the strategic positioning of Austrian manufacturing firms that face competition from emerging markets as opposed to firms that do not. Using a unique sample of large Austrian manufacturing, we find that emerging market competitors are not always a force majeure, but the result of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437595
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Inside the virtuous cycle between productivity, profitability, investment and corporate growth : an anatomy of China industrialization
Yu, Xiaodan; Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Lei, Jiasu - 2015
This article explores the dynamics of market selection by investigating of the relationships linking productivity, profitability, investment and growth, based on China's manufacturing firm-level dataset over the period 1998-2007. First, we find that productivity variations, rather than relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715817
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Small and internationalised firms competing with Chinese exporters
Friesenbichler, Klaus S.; Reinstaller, Andreas - 2022
The import competition literature suggests that Chinese industrial policies and technological trends have altered the nature of competition with China so that it does not take place on a level playing field anymore. Empirical evidence about firms' reactions in developed economies to competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490744
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Hidden climate change related risks for the private sector
Brunsmeier, Annette; Groth, Markus - 2015
Climate change related risks impact and challenge the private sector in many different ways. This also applies to risk … drivers like a companies' reputation and a changing consumer behavior. Since significant risk drivers for companies differ … just as much as companies themselves, a sector specific guideline to evaluate possible climate change related risk drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462527
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Dynamics of investment and firm performance : comparative evidence from manufacturing industries
Grazzi, Marco; Jacoby, Nadia; Treibich, Tania - 2013
If the relation between investment and economic growth is well established in the macroeconomic literature, the existence of a similar link at the level of the firm has been challenged by empirical work. This paper investigates the channels linking investment and firm performance in the French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731026
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Temporary agency work and firm competitiveness : evidence from German manufacturing firms
Nielen, Sebastian; Schiersch, Alexander - 2011
competitiveness measured by unit labor costs, using a rich, newly built, data set of German manufacturing enterprises. The analysis is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487909
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Dynamics of investment and firm performance : comparative evidence from manufacturing industries
Grazzi, Marco; Jacoby, Nadia; Treibich, Tania - 2013
If the relation between investment and economic growth is well established in the macroeconomic literature, the existence of a similar link at the level of the firm has been challenged by empirical work. This paper investigates the channels linking investment and firm performance in the French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009709518