interactions-based productivity, consumption amenities and sorting of heterogeneous home owners while controlling for interactions … between the labor and housing market. We find that an increase in the cultural diversity of the population positively impacts … by spatial sorting of individuals in both the labor and housing market. After controlling for home owner heterogeneity we …

This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the … conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14 … are more dispersed in the Netherlands. In both countries, we observe non-linearities in the productivity effects of …

simultaneity bias in productivity estimates through semi-parametric techniques, we find that changes in domestic firms’ TFP are …

productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign … aid flows, which are mostly accounted as debt, are also positively correlated with productivity growth consistent with the …

We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining … would have a negligible commute. These results are consistent with urban efficiency wage models.<P>This discussion paper has …

, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e., the ‘control … very important—but specific—function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … value of GDP, a less volatile and more secure labor market, higher paid jobs and a greater number of innovations and they …