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 …

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. …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …

productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade …

We build a small open economy, real business cycle model with labor market frictions to evaluate the role of employment … lower separation costs would have experienced a smaller drop in output and in measured total factor productivity with no … significant change in aggregate employment. …

This Selected Issues paper on Portugal reviews the considerations regarding productivity slowdown. The favorable … evolution of income growth from the 1970s to the mid-1990s in Portugal was associated with above-average productivity growth but …. Portugal was an outstanding performer with double-digit productivity increases in large several high-tech industries. The …