Papers on “labor productivity”
Research on “labor productivity” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “labor productivity” appeared in 942 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (584), management (140) and finance (82).
- 142 of them were published in 2025, against 75 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (12), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (9) and Jinan University (7).
- The journals publishing most of them were Economic Analysis and Policy (22), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (17) and Journal of the Knowledge Economy (17).
- The most-cited of them is “Digitalization and energy consumption. Does ICT reduce energy demand?” (Ecological Economics, 2020), with 1,170 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 49 | 43 | 42 | 56 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 57 |
| Management | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 19 |
| Finance | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 9 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Accounting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marketing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 75 | 61 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 100 | 115 | 115 | 142 | 109 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 22 |
| 2 | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics | 17 |
| 3 | Journal of the Knowledge Economy | 17 |
| 4 | Finance research letters | 13 |
| 5 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 12 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 11 |
| 7 | Economic Modelling | 11 |
| 8 | Small Business Economics | 11 |
| 9 | Indian Journal of Labour Economics | 10 |
| 10 | Economics Letters | 9 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics | 12 |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 9 |
| 3 | Jinan University | 7 |
| 4 | Peking University | 7 |
| 5 | Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | 7 |
| 6 | Shandong University | 6 |
| 7 | University of International Business and Economics | 6 |
| 8 | Zhejiang University | 6 |
| 9 | Cardiff University | 5 |
| 10 | Centre for Economic Policy Research | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 127 |
| 2 | United States | 75 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 58 |
| 4 | Germany | 40 |
| 5 | Italy | 37 |
| 6 | India | 34 |
| 7 | Japan | 24 |
| 8 | Spain | 20 |
| 9 | France | 19 |
| 10 | Australia | 18 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 46 |
| 2 | total factor productivity | 42 |
| 3 | firm size | 28 |
| 4 | COVID-19 pandemic | 25 |
| 5 | firm performance | 23 |
| 6 | economic growth | 19 |
| 7 | manufacturing companies | 19 |
| 8 | wages | 19 |
| 9 | Chinese listed companies | 17 |
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “labor productivity”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/labor-productivity
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