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 …

Italy ranked last in terms of manufacturing productivity growth according to OECD estimates over the last decade with a …-decile differences in productivity have been increasing. Further, heterogeneous firms' characteristics (i.e. export activity and … productivity. One phenomenon that we observe is what we call a tendency toward 'neo-dualism' involving the co-existence of a small …

This article explores the dynamics of market selection by investigating of the relationships linking productivity … that productivity variations, rather than relative levels, are the dominant productivity-related determinant of firm growth …

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 …

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

mobility can explain differences in their per-capita income and labor productivity. We disentangle the role played by global … human-mobility network enhances both per-capita income and labor productivity. Our results hold cross-sectionally, as well … network. Our exercises also suggest that most of the gain in income and productivity can be attained if country centrality in …