This paper discusses the evolution of firmsù productivity and structural heterogeneity (SH) in the Brazilian … large share of total firms is in the lowest productivity groups of the production structure, and there are very large … differences in labour productivity between groups and firms. The paper combines and makes compatible several databases on …

of investment in new capital, productivity gains and cumulative growth. The model is able to reproduce empirical stylised …

evidence on the causal effects of exporting on productivity (and other interesting firm characteristics) by using an …

hypothesis of complementarity between skills and ICT (which is at the core of the skill-biased technical change theory). We also …

Theoretical and empirical studies of industry dynamics have extensively focused on the process of growth. Theory …

the dynamics of entry-exit and market shares and, collectively, the productivity and the size distributions and their … stylised facts, including ample heterogeneity in productivity distributions, persistent market turbulence and fat …

first disentangle the contribution to industry-level productivity growth of within-firm productivity changes and between … what extent firm growth rates are shaped by relative productivity levels as compared to variation thereof. Our key finding … is an overall weak relationship between productivity and growth, and therefore a weak power of selection forces in all …