. Thereafter we broaden the notion of work-time used in productivity measures to include other necessary work-related activity …, namely commuting. This leads to us to construct a new indicator which we call social productivity. Our conclusion is that our … decomposition and notion of social productivity are both relevant in comparisons of regional well-being; in addition such methods …

It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can … be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable … growth in total factor productivity. …