weak. The limited direct evidence of human capital on firm productivity suggests that human capital is indeed productive … role of size and human capital as determinants of either earnings or productivity has been the role of unobserved factors …. In this paper we investigate the roles of size and human capital in determining both earnings and productivity using a …

Do openness to trade and higher levels of human capital promote faster productivity growth? That they do is a key … on productivity growth. If the level of openness of an economy is doubled the underlying rate of technical progress will … the level of income but no effect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred estimator combines high and low …

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

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 …

productivity.  This has been interpreted as evidence that schooling does not increase productivity levels, but may also indicate …

, Mexico, and Venezuela indicates that productivity growth was significantly higher and less volatile during the middle decades … of the century than in the opening and closing decades. The first estimate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for …

total factor productivity growth in the manufacturing sector, using panel data on 159 EU-15 regions from 1992 to 2005 … productivity growth both directly, reflecting own innovation, and indirectly, reflecting imitation of frontier technology.  Further … productivity growth.  This may be interpreted as lending support to the recent focus of EU regional policy on raising educational …

fell.  Rising productivity was partly offset by rising house prices and longer household working hours.  Council …