productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education … that competitiveness is enhanced both by raising the general level of education in the workforce and by encouraging … presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor …

. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of … promoting training and the extent to which the productivity effects of training are shared with employees. …

productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education … that competitiveness is enhanced both by raising the general level of education in the workforce and by encouraging … presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor …

Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this … machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is positively and significantly associated with labor earnings over workers …' careers. At firm level, it features a robust positive correlation with firm productivity, and with managerial turnover leading …

' characteristics and their tasks. Skill-adjusted labor input measures have been shown to be important for aggregate productivity … suggestive empirical analysis of the relationship between within-industry dispersion in productivity and tasks and skills. We … important gap in most empirical studies of establishment-level productivity is the limited information about workers …

impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on firms' investment in workforce training and transitions in and out of training. We find … important element for firms and their workforce to adjust to the post-pandemic environment, asymmetries in training investment …European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms …

the Covid-19 pandemic on firms' investment in workforce training and transitions in and out of training. We find that … element for firms and their workforce to adjust to the post-pandemic environment, asymmetries in training investment could …European firms have increasingly invested in training of employees but differences across countries and types of firms …

conceptual framework links managers' risk preferences to firms' training decisions through the bonuses they expect to receive …

Whilst overall productivity growth is stalling, firms at the frontier are still able to capture the benefits of the … productive firms. We find a clear positive correlation between the share of high-skilled and STEM workers in a firm's workforce … firms lead to sustainable productivity gains, such actions should be accompanied by measures to increase the supply and …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand … and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …