development of the interaction between the political economy and concepts of production, notably in Germany. First, we show why … respect to political, business, and economic changes in Germany, we show that DQP Mark I, a regime by and large characteristic … continuity, which helps explain how Germany maintained economic performance after the mid-2000s, more than other countries in …

development of the interaction between the political economy and concepts of production, notably in Germany. First, we show why … respect to political, business, and economic changes in Germany, we show that DQP Mark I, a regime by and large characteristic … continuity, which helps explain how Germany maintained economic performance after the mid-2000s, more than other countries in …

firms productivity levels within the industry. Less pronounced differences in productivity levels make it easier to design … collective wage contracts that are accepted by a wider range of firms within an industry. Higher dispersion in productivity … likely to decrease. We measure correlations between productivity variation and collective bargaining coverage in various …

Using a decomposition approach on data collected by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) as well as World Input …-Output data, we show that in most Asian economies the services sector makes the largest contribution to labor productivity …. Furthermore, we find evidence of a major reallocation of labor from agriculture directly to services, bypassing the manufacturing …

US labor productivity in ICT-skill intensive industries experienced tremendous increases in post-1995 trend growth … compared to Germany, while other (non-ICT-skill intensive) industries showed similar growth trends in both countries. Examining … the source of industry productivity growth in German ICT-skill intensive sectors, there is no empirical evidence on the …

Productivity differences across firms and countries are surprisingly large and persistent. Recent research reveals that … the country-level distributions of productivity and quality of management are strikingly similar, suggesting that … management practices may play a key role in the determination of worker and firm productivity. Understanding the causal impacts …

, the overall skills upgrading is negatively associated with productivity growth, suggesting a downward sloping return to …This paper explores the contribution of structural change and the skill upgrading of the labour force to productivity …. Our growth decomposition based on an original database we built for Tunisia and Turkey shows that productivity is mainly …