We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the … price of other labor-intensive services in 1980-1994. We also find that the cognitive achievement of pupils did not change …

international sourcing of materials depends on a firm's productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …