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Productivity and organization in Portuguese firms

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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:45 authored by Lorenzo Caliendo, Giordano Mion, Luca David Opromolla, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Using employer-employee matched and firm production quantity and input data for Portuguese firms, we study the endogenous response of productivity to firm reorganizations as measured by changes in the number of management layers. We show that, as a result of an exogenous demand or productivity shock that makes the firm reorganize and add a management layer, quantity-based productivity increases by about 6%, while revenue-based productivity drops by around 3%. Such a reorganization makes the firm more productive but also increases the quantity produced to an extent that lowers the price charged by the firm and, as a result, its revenue-based productivity as well.

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Journal

Journal of Political Economy

ISSN

0022-3808

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University of Chicago Press

Issue

11

Volume

128

Page range

4211-4257

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  • Economics Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2020-03-03

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2021-06-26

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-03-03

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