This GFP project which was launched in the context of the 2021 Annual Conference of the GFP co-organised by the G20 Italian Presidency, uncovered new evidence about the role of the skill and the demographic structure of firms and their relationship with productivity performance. It relied on a large scale data collection effort, thanks to our partners in national institutions, academia and related OECD projects (LinkEED and Age Diversity) with access to rich linked employer-employee microdata for the universe of private sector companies. This allowed us to document how the skill composition of the most productive firms – the “frontier” – differs from that of a typical firm; what managerial characteristics these top performers have; and how these patterns vary by sector in 10 countries over the period 2000-2018.
Key Highlights Brochure
Presentation
Presentation
Telework, productivity and well-being post-COVID-19
Firms at the productivity frontier rely on more high skilled employees
Country-specific work from our partners on skills, managers and ownership
Belgium:
"The return on human (STEM) capital in Belgium"
By Gert Bijnens and Emmanuel Dhyne
France:
"A new approach to skills mismatch"
By Amandine Brun-Schammé and Martin Rey
Italy:
“Productivity and Human Capital - The Italian case"
By Camilla Andretta, Irene Brunetti and Anna Rosso
Portugal:
"Employee training and firm performance"
By Pedro S. Martins
"Financial distress and the role of management in micro and small-sized firms"
By Fernando Alexandre, Sara Cruz and Miguel Portela
Further reading
The Human Side of Productivity
The green side of productivity: a harmonised classification of green and brown occupations, OECD Productivity Working Paper (May 2023)
The Human Side of Productivity:Uncovering the Role of Skills and Diversity for Firm Productivity, OECD Productivity Working Paper (December 2021)
The Human Side of Productivity: Uncovering the role of skills and diversity for firm productivity - Blog post on VoxEU (December 2021)
Catching up to the frontier through the Human Side of Productivity: the role of skills and diversity - Blog post on OECD’s Ecoscope blog (July 2021)
The Human Side of Productivity - Portuguese Economy Research Report (January 2022)
The Human Side of Productivity: Setting the Scene, Background Paper (June 2019)
The Human Side of Productivity, Flyer (2019)
Telework and Productivity
The role of telework for productivity during and post-COVID-19, OECD Productivity Working Paper (December 2021)
Will it stay or will it go? Analysing developments in telework during COVID-19 using online job postings data, OECD Productivity Working Paper (December 2021)
Productivity gains from teleworking in the post COVID-19 era : How can public policies make it happen?, OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (September 2020)
Telework after COVID-19: survey evidence from managers and workers on implications for productivity and well-being - Blog post on OECD Ecoscope blog (July 2021)