Abstract Based on a novel dataset, the ‘German Management and Organizational Practices’ (GMOP) Survey, we calculate establishment-specific management scores following Bloom and van Reenen as indicators of management quality. We find substantial heterogeneity in management practices across establishments in Germany, with small establishments having lower scores than large establishments on average. We show a robust positive and economically important association between the management score and establishment level productivity in Germany. This association increases with establishment size. Comparison to a similar survey in the United States indicates that the average management score is lower in Germany than in the United States. Overall, our results point toward lower management quality being at least in part to blame for the differences in aggregate productivity between Germany and the United States.

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德国的管理实践和生产力

摘要基于一个新的数据集“德国管理和组织实践”（GMOP）调查，我们以Bloom和van Reenen为管理质量指标来计算针对企业的管理得分。我们发现德国各个企业在管理实践上存在很大的异质性，小型企业的平均得分低于大型企业。我们显示出德国的管理得分与机构水平生产力之间的稳固的，在经济上重要的联系。该关联随着机构规模的增加而增加。与美国类似调查的比较表明，德国的平均管理得分低于美国。全面的，