Managers and productivity differences

Age and Productivity – Sector Differences?

International Productivity Differences, Infrastructure, and Comparative Advantage

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the effect of infrastructure on industry-level productivity and international specialization, as suggested by Clarida and Findlay’s (1992) model. Attempting to control for simultaneity with a three-stage least squares estimation strategy, we find that public infrastructure helps to explain patterns of comparative advantage and international specializ...

Measuring Productivity Differences in Equilibrium Search Models

This paper studies estimation of the number and location of modes of the wage distribution. The location of the modes can be used to estimate the cutpoints of the equilibrium wage distribution (Bowlus, Kiefer, and Neumann, 1995) in the presence of measurement error. These cutpoints can be used to classify workers into productivity classes; Company wage data can be used to examine how well the c...

Psychological Distress, Related Work Attendance, and Productivity Loss in Small-to-Medium Enterprise Owner/Managers

Owner/managers of small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are an under-researched population in terms of psychological distress and the associated health and economic consequences. Using baseline data from the evaluation of the Business in Mind program, a mental health promotion intervention amongst SME owner/managers, this study investigated: (i) prevalence of high/very high psychological distress,...

Information Technology Productivity Paradox: The Problem Facing IT Managers and Researchers