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 …

: their technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices is … not due to a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … distortions could be removed substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices in not due to … a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … differentials could be levelled out, substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

The paper measures productivity growth in seventeen countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  GDP per …

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 … during the sample period is associated with significant changes in the relative size of individual sectors, and with …

In this paper we extend Rydberg-Shephards acivity, direction and size decomposition of trade-by-trade price movements …