Empirical research has shown tremendous productivity differences, even within narrowly defined industries. A great host … of studies is explainsing this productivity disparity by factors such as idiosyncratic technology shocks, input price … diversification across industry establishments is positively related to within-industry labor productivity dispersion. …

This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm …-country differences in key economic outcomes, such as productivity or output per capita, to differences in policies and institutions that … determinants of productivity at the firm-level and the evolution of the distribution of productivity across firms within each …

financial variables of Lithuanian firms. We focus in particular on the issues related to productivity, firm birth and death and … literature: trade participation and firm productivity are strongly positively linked, the 2008 recession has had a cleansing …

productivity. However, the dispersion of firms' productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these … patterns, we derive a firm-level framework that relates changes in firms' productivity, market power, and technology to job …

productivity shocks. However, the dispersion of firms' productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these …

productivity shocks. However, the dispersion of firms' productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these …

We study the productivity effect of the German national minimum wage combining administrative firm datasets. We analyze … reallocation, and short- versus long-run effects. We document higher firm productivity even net of output price increases …. Productivity gains are persistent in manufacturing and service sectors. The minimum wage also increased manufacturing productivity …

to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …

This paper examines the relationship between firm size and productivity. In contrast to previous studies, this paper … distribution of employment over firm size categories has affected Canadian aggregate productivity, and whether differences in the … productivity gap. The importance of large and small firms to changes in productivity is also examined. A positive relationship …