Previous research has established that employee mobility can lead to individual gains in productivity. However, the … mechanisms underlying these productivity gains remain the subject of speculation. Using survey data on 869 inventors from 21 … applicable to their new jobs) is positively related to productivity gains from mobility. We further show that the reason for …

role of cross-firm dispersion in productivity in explaining dispersion in firm wage premia, as well as the factors shaping … the link between productivity and wages at the firm level. The results suggest that around 15% of cross-firm differences … in productivity are passed on to differences in firm wage premia. The degree of pass-through is systematically larger in …

role of cross-firm dispersion in productivity in explaining dispersion in firm wage premia, as well as the factors shaping … the link between productivity and wages at the firm level. The results suggest that around 15% of cross-firm differences … in productivity are passed on to differences in firm wage premia. The degree of pass-through is systematically larger in …

A large body of work has highlighted the importance of employment reallocation as a driver of aggregate productivity … productivity variation across firms. As many theories would predict, worker flows from lower- to higher-productivity firms are … occur “down the firm productivity ladder.” This process is also highly heterogeneous along several dimensions. Up …

-evolving near-term demand. To maintain high productivity under such circumstances, they schedule and staff large bodies of workers … productivity, and we study the manufacturer's problem of controlling turnover and its effects. We collect data regarding production … schedules, staffing, productivity, and pay from within the supply chain of a major consumer electronics manufacturer. Studying …

specific institutional setting: The North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA). We compare plants' productivity growth and … the more significant vehicle for productivity enhancing effects of trade openness. Investment in technology is, by far …, most strongly correlated with plant productivity. Like productivity, job turnover at firm level is strongly influenced by …