This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve … forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity … to build times-series components that capture the joint dynamics of the firm-level productivity and size distributions …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) in Brazilian manufacturing firms over … assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following Wooldridge's (On estimating firm-level production … productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the evolution of productivity. …

The ratio definition of efficiency has the form of a productivity measure. But the weights are endogenous variables and … they do not function as weights in a productivity index proper. It is shown that extended Farrell measures of efficiency … can all be given an interpretation as productivity measures as observed productivity relative to productivity at the …

, the individual team productivity of a worker or player is difficult to conceptualize. This is particularly true, if this … individual team productivity which is closely related to eigenvalue centrality; accordingly we refer to it as eigenvalue … productivity. For each version of eigenvalue productivity we provide an example demonstrating the operability of our concept. …

Why is it that exporter productivity premia (EPP) differ so widely in size? We take this question to the theory and to … EPPs across sectors, and hence across countries, can be explained by the variation in productivity dispersion, trade costs …

We estimate how much of the gains from productivity spillovers through worker mobility is retained by the hiring firms …

firms' productivity. We conduct a similar analysis for Germany, using a unique linked employer-employee data set, and …-paying) establishments do not increase hiring establishments' productivity, but inflows from inferior establishments seem to. Further …