not due to a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity …

a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity …

'transmission bias' in firm-level studies, which arises from firms' reaction to unobservable productivity realisations when making …

The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by … and South Korea.  There is no significant difference in total factor productivity across the countries once we allow for … in the shape of the relationship between productivity and human capital across countries is crucial for understanding the …

industry which depends on fundamentals. In industries with fewer competitors than the critical level, there is productivity …. Above this critical number of competitors, efficient firms price to drive the high cost firms from the market: productivity … of these results are in close keeping with, and provide an explanation for empirical results showing productivity …

producers in terms of productivity.  They also tend to be larger, more capital intensive and more involved in international … trade.  Further, the findings indicate that foreign ownership leads to significant productivity improvements in the acquired … acquired plants exhibit a 13.5 percent higher productivity than the control group.  The rise in productivity is a result of …

The paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalization on the total factor productivity, market …

substantial heterogeneity (both across sectors and time) in rates of growth of value-added, hours worked, labour productivity and … Total Factor Productivity during the sample period. The decline in constant price value-added in aggregate manufacturing …