Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to estimate productivity in the cotton and citrus chains. Applying the event study method, we …

subsidies reduced labour productivity in treated firms, potentially hindering creative destruction. At the worker level … salaries and a higher likelihood of being employed. However, these workers were more likely to be employed in lower-productivity …

productivity or vice versa? Using matching methods, I find that productivity shocks are followed by significant increases in size … defined by employment. In contrast, size shocks are not followed by productivity gains at the firm level. This finding casts … doubt on the conventional wisdom that aggregate productivity in Spain is driven by a firm size distribution biased towards …

-2012, we investigate the interactions between high growth episodes in terms of size and productivity. We find that high growth … in productivity (size) increases the likelihood of high growth in size (productivity). However, the effect from size to … productivity is smaller than the effect from productivity to size. We also explore the potential role of firm-level financial …

The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with … relative to control firms - but expands 13% after buyouts of privately held firms. Post-buyout productivity gains at target …

reformulated version of the Mundlak estimator, we disentangle short-term and sustaining productivity effects of the management … practices. Our results show that the incidence of a works council specifically strengthens the sustaining productivity effect of …