, their results show that the effect of over-education on productivity is stronger among firms: (i) with a higher share of … find the existence of a significant, positive (negative) impact of over- (under-)education on firm productivity. Moreover …, economic uncertainty is systematically found to accentuate the detrimental effect of under-education on productivity …

duality in higher education as well as heterogeneous ability of individuals can explain the differences in labor productivity … words, the productivity gap between tradable and non-tradable sectors is fueled by the duality in higher education, leading …Over the last decades, productivity in the tradable sector rose substantially, while in the non-tradable sector, output …

Software/ Skills capital differs from usual physical capital (or hardware) in the sense that it is non-rival and can be … sector and training or replication sector (which produces skills). Using a 2 period production model, the paper finds that in … sectors where the objective is output maximization (e.g. government services or health care). There exists an optimal ratio of …

workforce even at the frontier. High skills show positive but decreasing productivity returns. Moreover, the skill mix of top … productivity as well. We discuss public policies that can facilitate the catch-up of firms below the frontier through skills and … productivity gap between firms at the productivity “frontier” (the top 10% within each detailed industry) and medium performers at …

findings confirm the possibility of increasing productivity through training targeting critical soft-skills. …This paper examines a training intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among employees of a …-in-difference strategy. Using longitudinal information obtained from the firm and two skills surveys, we document large positive effects of …

Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training … increasing productivity through training programs targeting critical skills. … programs. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among store managers and …

We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data … firms’ productivity in manufacturing, it significantly increases TFP in most service sectors. Yet, the size of the effect is … between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 …

Working memory capacity is thought to play an important role for a wide range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such …. Because these abilities substantially affect individuals' life trajectories in terms of health, education, and earnings, the … leads to improvements in these far-transfer skills is contested. Here, we examine the causal impact of WM training embedded …

range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses … terms of health, education, and earnings, the question of whether working memory (WM) training can improve them is of … considerable importance. However, whether WM training leads to spillover effects on these other skills is contested. Here, we …