Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273021 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Working Papers No. 95
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Using linked employer-employee data from Finland, we examine the mobility of workers between establishments as a source of productivity-affecting knowledge spillovers. We find evidence that hiring workers from more productive establishments leads to higher productivity in the following year. For an average establishment, this productivity increase amounts to 0.45 percent in our most conservative estimate. The observed productivity gains hold for a variety of specifications, and changes in the receiving establishments' human capital stock are ruled out as an explanation.
Subjects: 
Worker mobility
Spillovers
Productivity
Human capital
JEL: 
D22
D62
J21
J24
J62
L25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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