Abstract In this paper we examine productivity differences between trading and non-trading firms in the services sector …

Our study extends the recent literature on the importer-productivity relationship to a firm-level dataset for sub … human capital, are associated with a stronger relationship between importing and productivity. …

, productivity growth and exports. This and the next section represent new research effort in that a disaggregated database (by NACE …

This paper examines productivity differences between internationally trading and non-trading firms using data on a …

, we analyse the productivity performance in the period after 1995 for five transition economies, i.e. the Czech Republic … European economies in terms of productivity and sectoral structures. The factors driving this convergence process, however … driver in growth and productivity. We demonstrate that the Central and Eastern European countries have successfully …

the rising relative wage of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in three Central and Eastern European transition …

Patterns of transition (by K. Poznanski, J. Poznanska and H.Y. Liu; pp. 1-11) Keywords transition, shock therapy …

Presidential election in Romania will the new broom sweep cleaner? (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 2-3) Earnings levels, inequality and …

(by R. Stehrer; pp. 11-14) Keywords export performance, skills, productivity Countries covered European Union, New EU …