Dynamics of productivity and cost of labor in Italian Manufacturing firms

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This paper studies the impact of size on labor cost and productivity for Italian manufacturing firms. The distributions of both labor cost and productivity display a wide support, even when disaggregated by sector of industrial activity. Further, both labor cost and productivity, when considered alone, are growing with the size of the firm. We investigate this relationship on a new set of data and we are able to show that once accounted for productivity differences among firms, size still retains a positive effect on cost of labor in most of the sectors considered.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE ; No. 865

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Theory ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bottazzi, Giulio ; Grazzi, Marco
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)
• (where): Bologna
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.6092/unibo/amsacta/3903
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/159704
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET