Investment in intangible assets has become an increasingly important driver of productivity growth in OECD countries … finance, and financial development in particular, is more important for productivity growth in sectors that are intensive in …, results confirm that the impact of financial development on labour productivity is not uniform across sectors. It varies based …

Productivity growth has declined in most advanced economies in the past two decades and there are signs that the pace … - international trade in intermediate inputs - for multi-factor productivity growth using a range of cross-country industry-level data … sources. We find that greater participation in GVCs is associated with faster domestic productivity growth at the industry …

This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of … farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and … structure, innovation of operations, individual characteristics as well as farm location. Productivity performance by farm …

We examine the relationship between lax monetary policy, access to high-yield bond markets and productivity in the US … higher risk profile. Since the relationship between credit ratings and firm-level productivity is U-shaped, the aggregate … effect on productivity is a priori unclear. Turning to the real economy, we thus analyse whether this additional access to …

productivity distribution - and their potential for productivity growth. It finds that laggards are on average younger and smaller … toward the productivity frontier, suggesting that the composition of the laggard group matters for future productivity. Yet … that there are barriers to technology and knowledge diffusion. This could help explain the much-debated productivity …

Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … the new wave of “disruptive” service-sector innovations, such as those underway in personal transport, accommodation … productivity and improve living standards. …

programmes) aimed at supporting breakthrough digital and AI-driven innovation and the application of those innovations by …