on a firm's productivity and what the consequences are for a firm's profits. …

In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period 1999-2011. Combining this data with hourly … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …

-2006. Our results, with workplace fixed-effects and allowing for time-varying productivity shocks, demonstrate that more … classroom training. We then demonstrate that on-the-job training has a positive impact on firm-level productivity through …

microscopic portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis … probability of robot adoption. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the productivity impact of business visits, relative to traditional drivers of … productivity enhancement, namely capital formation and R&D. To carry out the analysis, we combine unique and novel data on business … results suggest that mobility through business visits is an effective mechanism to improve productivity. The estimated effect …

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 …