between deregulation and decentralization and productivity.The new publication also explores the negative consequences of … to improve their productivity, then they should focus amongst other things on upgrading the human capital of their …

Historically, U.S. labor productivity (output per hour) and total factor productivity (TFP) rose in booms and fell in …, however, the procyclicality of productivity has waned. TFP has been roughly acyclical with respect to inputs, whereas labor … productivity has become significantly countercyclical. The slow pace of productivity growth after 2010, when the post …

unionism and productivity and discusses its implications for future research on more general issues. The main focus is on (I …) conclusions as to whether unions raise or lower productivity and (2) procedures used to identify the channels through which unions … affect productivity. The studies of unions and productivity have documented large productivity differences between seemingly …

US labor and total factor productivity have historically been procyclical — rising in booms and falling in recessions …. After the mid-1980s, however, total factor productivity became much less procyclical with respect to hours while labor … productivity turned strongly countercyclical. We find that the key empirical “fact” driving these changes is reduced variation in …