seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States … rigidities appear to be reducing Canada's capacity for creative destruction, hence undermining productivity growth. …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between trade and total factor productivity (TFP) in South Africa. It …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …

productivity resulting from stabilization and liberalization in 1993-94; or (iii) that it resulted from a favorable aggregate …

Traditionally, shocks to total factor productivity (TFP) are considered exogenous and the employment response depends … reductions in TFP growth. These results have important policy implications, including that low productivity growth in some …

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …