unobservable difference with the control group, COLCIENCIAS programs have been very effective in increasing firm labor productivity …

innovations, rather than radical product innovations. In the empirical analysis, we considered four levels of potential impact … increased the sales, employment and export, it did not significantly foster productivity. In the absence of randomized …

positive impact on measures of firm productivity. …

productivity of Uruguayan farmers. Using a unique panel dataset, the authors combine propensity score matching techniques and fixed … is only limited evidence of its effects on productivity, mostly derived from helping producers to cope with an illness of … peach orchards. Conversely, the authors find some indications of negative lagged productivity effects for apples, which …