productivity (TFP) estimates of Hsieh (2002) for Singapore. We find that TFP growth is insignificantly different from zero in any …

appreciation because of differential productivity growth between tradable and nontradable sectors) using data of the APEC economies … Kong and Singapore grew fast, their real exchange rates appreciated only moderately. High productivity growth in service …

Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for … regions in Asia and the selected other regions and aggregates are constructed to reinforce the importance of recognizing …

differences for tax policies between free and controlled migration, and the role of productivity gap …

employment, average hours worked, physical capital accumulation and, most importantly, total factor productivity and its skill … and hours worked by natives. At the same time we find robust evidence that they increased total factor productivity, on … results are robust to controlling for several other determinants of productivity that may vary with geography such as R …

simultaneous increase in labor demand: the reform increased the size, productivity, and innovation performance of skill …