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| Title: | | Product diversification and labor productivity dispersion in German manufacturing industries  |
| Authors: | | Söllner, René |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Jena economic research papers 2010,028 |
| Abstract: | | Empirical research has shown tremendous productivity differences, even within narrowly defined industries. A great host of studies is explainsing this productivity disparity by factors such as idiosyncratic technology shocks, input price differences, management skills, or international trade. Although these explanations are undoubtedly important, the current paper suggests that product diversification strategies of firms can also play an important role. Using a matched producer-product panel dataset of German manufacturing industries over the period 2003-2006, we find that the average degree of product diversification across industry establishments is positively related to within-industry labor productivity dispersion. |
| Subjects: | | Product Diversification Productivity Industrial Dynamics |
| JEL: | | L11 L22 L25 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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