/methodology/approach For this purpose, a model is specified and estimated in which the total factor productivity of Spanish regions is …

Firms in the same industry can differ in measured productivity by multiples of 3. Griliches (1957) suggests one … fixed effects. We show adding human capital variables and the wage bill decreases the ratio of the 90th to 10th productivity … quantiles from 3.27 to 2.68 across eight Danish manufacturing and service industries. The productivity dispersion decrease is …

Human capital is indispensable for firms in developing countries to adopt new technologies and improve productivity … experience a larger gain in total factor productivity post-2003 relative to prior years; they also show larger increases in … occupations, and total value-added. The extra productivity gains however are much weaker for domestic private firms than foreign …

We examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms’ productivity via human capital transfer from … local firms’ productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital …