We investigate the role of industrial structure in labor productivity growth in U.S. cities between 1880 and 1930 using … faster productivity growth but that diversity only had positive effects on productivity performance in large cities. We … estimate that this resulted in significant gains in labor productivity. …

This paper assesses the possible dynamic effects of occupational entry regulations (OER) on productivity. It combines … firm-level productivity data with a new cross-country policy indicator measuring the stringency of OER by the presence of … contribution of personal and professional services to aggregate productivity growth via two channels: the acceleration of their …

employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set contains 2143 German firms and refers … econometric analysis shows that firms’ labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile … internet access. Our instrumental variables approach reveals that mobile internet use does cause higher labour productivity. …

employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and … analysis shows that firms' labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile internet access …. However, an instrumental variable approach reveals that mobile internet use does not cause higher labour productivity. …

Relying on a unique integrated database, this work explores the relationship between labour productivity, on one side … acknowledging the need to update their knowledge base display a higher productivity vis-à-vis other firms. Second, when it comes to … productivity as compared to other firms. On the contrary, companies characterized by a need in managerial, STEM or humanities …

Relying on a unique integrated database, this work explores the relationship between labour productivity, on one side … acknowledging the need to update their knowledge base display a higher productivity vis-à-vis other firms. Second, when it comes to … productivity as compared to other firms. On the contrary, companies characterized by a need in managerial, STEM or humanities …

In this report we review the literature on the relationship between ICT and productivity. In Sect. 1 we discuss in … broad terms the theoretical relationship between ICT and productivity, while in Sect. 2 we present the growth accounting …, total factor productivity). Within the growth-accounting methodology, in Sect. 3, we discuss the U.S. - E.U. productivity …

This paper studies the short-term and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for productivity in Europe … exercise. Productivity trends during the COVID-19 pandemic differed from past trends. Labour productivity per hour worked … temporarily increased, while productivity per employee declined across sectors given the widespread use of job retention schemes …

productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of … different innovations on labor productivity: Organizational innovation has the largest effect followed by process innovation …