of skilled labor and capital. We interpret this finding as evidence of the existence of a World Technology Frontier. On … the World Technology Frontier …

world productivity growth was led by fast-growing newly emerging economies, whereas most developed countries experienced a … productivity growth, and decompose it into technical efficiency change and technical progress. Our empirical results indicate that … decrease in productivity growth. Technical efficiency change significantly contributed to economic growth for many fast …

This study compares the sources of growth in East Asia with the rest of the world, using a methodology that allows one … to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) growth into technical efficiency changes (catching up) and technological … technical efficiency of the high-performing East Asian economies was not out of line with the rest of the world. …

productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice, and corn) in China between 1990 and 2015, showing that the TFP … aggregate provincial-level data, we implement a TFP decomposition and show that the productivity of GM technology is higher …

significant changes in efficiency and productivity. This paper measures agricultural technical efficiency (TE) and total factor … productivity (TFP) in China by allowing produ- cers operating under their own technologies. A metafrontier function approach is … Productivity …