International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

productivity using an original dataset of Italian manufacturing firms, and applying a two-stage probit least squares estimator. We … find a positive effect on productivity from outsourcing only if firms provide training for the workforce. This indirect … impact on productivity is independent of the type of activity outsourced and is bigger in the case of service outsourcing …

negative effect on firms employment, total factor productivity (TFP), and revenue. A 1-percentage-point increase in the measure …-percentage-point-increase in the measure of Chinese import competition in El Salvador reduces low-productivity firms TFP by 1 … production-worker employment at large firms, reduces TFP at medium-productivity firms, reduces the total revenue of low …

during this period, we find that the trade shock induced a decline in employment, sales, exports, and productivity … findingsfor instance, that the productivity gap between small and large plants has been increasing over time and that the … reallocation of resources has been productivity-enhancing, particularly in sectors that have experienced large-scale import …

-level research and development (R&D) investment in Chile on firm productivity. Because the two programs target different kinds of … projects - the National Productivity and Technological Development Fund (FONTEC) subsidizes intramural R&D, while the Science … have had a positive impact on participants' productivity, only FONDEF-funded projects have generated positive spillovers on …

We propose a mixture model approach to identify locally optimal technologies and to dissect environmental productivity …

This paper advances understanding of the relationship between tax policy and productivity, taking advantage of unique … data from the Dominican Republic to document a significant negative impact of tax regulations on total factor productivity … (TFP). It begins by estimating productivity using administrative records provided by the tax authorities. Then, it …

potentially cumulate into lower levels of aggregate productivity and GDP. In this paper, we exploit data from household surveys …