Recent evidence based on longitudinal firm-level data suggests that within-firm productivity growth explains about 50 … percent of total factor productivity growth in the manufacturing sector while net entry effects account for about 30 percent … of total factor productivity growth. These two forces may be connected via learning by doing of young businesses. That is …

series pattern to that of the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) in New Zealand. New Zealand’s experience in …

We investigate the relationship between exports and productivity in the Turkish apparel and motor vehicle and parts … past export status on current productivity both with and without controlling for the export history of plants. Our results … show that the plants' prior market experience is a factor in their current productivity. The learning effects are evident …

measured TFP of poor countries, which may in part explain their lower productivity. The message of hope is that education can …

This paper analyses plant entry, total factor productivity growth, average productivity level differentials and … industry productivity and induced plant restructuring among incumbent plants. There is consistent plant heterogeneity across … that entrants adopted competitive post-entry strategies. Total factor productivity growth decomposition shows that the …

In this presentation I view a Malmquist productivity index as a theoretical index with desirable properties. I then …

period 1965-1990, to decompose total factor productivity growth into technical change and technical efficiency change …. Empirical results show East Asian countries led the whole world in productivity growth, mainly because their technical …