factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than …This paper examines whether growth regressions should incorporate dualism and structural change. If there is a … labour can explain a significant fraction of the international variation in TFP growth. …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring”) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the …

as migration are at the core of differential regional growth. In this framework, we assess the effectiveness of …

This paper develops a two-sector R&D-based growth model with congestion effects from increasing urban population … density. We show that endogenous technological progress causes structural change if there are positive productivity spillovers … from the modern to the traditional sector and Engel’s law holds. In turn, urban congestion effects cause a productivity …

find that differences in productivity growth rates between manufacturing and services have been the most important driver … demand side (non-homothetic preferences) and on the supply-side, in particular differential productivity growth across … these trends. The interplay of differences in productivity growth and in the substitution elasticity across sectors drive …

results quantify the role of regional factor markets in firm productivity and location. Considering modern China as a large …

This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change for tea pluckers in an Indian plantation. The contract …

Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …

Do firms in developing countries shift trade towards developed economies as a result of high economic growth? The … evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …