Using plant-level data, I show that the dispersion of total factor productivity in U.S. durable manufacturing is … greater in recessions than in booms. This cyclical property of productivity dispersion is much less pronounced in non … incumbents survive, which results in a more compressed productivity distribution. The resulting higher average productivity in …

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

total factor productivity (TFP) for the Slovenian manufacturing sector in the 1994-2003 period. The theoretically predicted … foreign firm’s entry. Thirdly, regarding the productivity spillover effects from foreign to local firms we provide indirect …

supply more products than smaller firms, implies that standard productivity measures are highly dependent on implicit demand … system assumptions and probably dramatically understate the relative productivity of the largest firms. Although most firms …

supplying industries. Regarding the productivity spillover effects from foreign to local firms the results suggest that they …

We study the productivity effect of the German national minimum wage by applying administrative firm data. At the firm … level, we confirm positive effects on wages and negative employment effects and document higher productivity even net of … minimum wage increased aggregate productivity in manufacturing. We do not find that employment reallocation across firms …

The past few decades have witnessed a slowdown in productivity growth in many advanced economies, including Finland … single-product firms. While single-product firms outperform multi-product firms in productivity, the study shows that product … diversity is positively related to productivity. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that there is a positive relationship …

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. 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 …

We study the productivity effect of the German national minimum wage by applying administrative firm data. At the firm … level, we confirm positive effects on wages and negative employment effects and document higher productivity even net of … minimum wage increased aggregate productivity in manufacturing. We do not find that employment reallocation across firms …