This paper focuses on the question whether public infrastructure capital matters for labor productivity in China, both … productivity across provinces, but the contribution of public capital to labor productivity growth over time is likely non …

during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … years, this bimodality is weak in comparison to previous years. Nevertheless, disparities among regions located in the …

Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung auf … wenig beachtete Einflussgröße: die im Vergleich zu den alten Bundesländern viel dünnere Besiedlungsdichte Ostdeutschlands … mit einer starken Besiedlungsdichte zusammenhängt. In Ostdeutschland ist das auch der Fall – wegen der enormen …

economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the … North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all industries, an overwhelming share of aggregate productivity growth is … export status and provides an explanation for the lackluster average productivity performance of exporting plants. …

total factor productivity and by the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare changes within a … the degree of market competition. It applies to open economies as well, if total factor productivity is constructed using … productivity be constructed with prices and quantities as perceived by consumers, not firms. Thus, factor shares need to be …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …

extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity … and account for a small share of gross, industry-level changes in exports, employment, output, and productivity. The … distribution of exports are positively correlated with changes in total factor productivity. Our results suggest that plants face …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …