This article analyses the effect of labor turnover on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms between 1996 … and 2013. We based our analysis on a theory of learning by doing, where turnover harms productivity by restricting the … measurement that takes into account the loss of human capital-resulting from turnover-and its effect on total factor productivity …

firm heterogeneity to wage inequality. Inspired by sorting theory, we infer firm productivity from estimating firm …-level production functions, taking into account that worker ability and firm productivity may interact at the match level. Using German …, driven by new matches between low-productivity firms and low-ability workers. At the top, sorting decreases, reflected in …

To what degree can labor reallocation mitigate the economic consequences of weather-driven agricultural productivity … a key role in attenuating the economic consequences of agricultural productivity shocks. Exploiting firm-level variation …

The 21st century global decline in productivity growth is not well understood. One possible contributor is a decline in … economic dynamism. We explore the contribution of firm formation and employee movement to productivity using administrative … working proprietors, to study the relationships among entry, worker flows and firm productivity. Entrants are more productive …

Visits as a productivity enhancing channel of technology transfer. Our analysis is based on a unique database on business … evidence that BVs contribute to fostering labour productivity in a significant way. While this is consistent with what found by … returns, being more crucial in those sectors characterized by less mobility and by lower productivity performances. …