productivity differs between regions. Using a decomposition method, akin to shift-share, we are able to separate regional wage … disparities into an industrial composition component and productivity component. According to theory it is expected that … productivity is higher in larger regions due to different kinds of economies of agglomeration. Also, larger regions are able to …

The Productivity Commission release its research report into the ‘Economic Impacts of Migration and Population Growth …

addressed. The Commission shows that raising labour force participation and productivity can partly offset the impacts of an …

those predicted by models of trade with heterogeneous firms. I find that apparent increases in revenue productivity … associated with antidumping duties are primarily due to increases in prices and mark-ups, as physical productivity falls among …

times and places. Productivity in cotton textiles, for example, grew at computer-industry rates, and continued to into the …

We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity … general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on productivity of about 0.04. In-house training is more effective …

productivity and the overall rural economy. …

productivity it is needed to increase the level of human capital of the agrarian population. Human capital is accumulated knowledge …

productivity. Unfavorable tendencies in agricultural productivity adversely affected its competitiveness, and, consequently, the …