Industry productivity is obtained by aggregation of firm productivities and inclusion of the appropriate allocative …

measured by the proximity between a firm and the best practices.Aggregation of firm efficiencies is imperfect.The bias is used … efficiency change.In other words, the two well-known sources of productivity growth-technology and efficiency-can be augmented by … productivity growth and change transmitted by the best practices represents technical change.Although I use a nonparametric …

decomposition of productivity growth into technical change and efficiency change.The terms can now be broken down by sector as well …

-section samples, and through a panel-data timevarying coefficient approach for West and East provinces. Resource effects do change …

This paper presents some two-step estimators for a wide range of parametric panel data models with censored endogenous … variables and sample selection bias. Our approach is to derive estimates of the unobserved heterogeneity responsible for the … endogeneity/selection bias to include as additional explanatory variables in the primary equation. These are obtained through a …

The standard measure of productivity growth is the Solow residual.Its evaluation requires data on factor input shares … face value what is supposed to be measured.In this paper we determine total factor productivity growth without recourse to … level of domestic final demand.The consequent measure of total factor productivity is shown to encompass not only the Solow …

The productivity slowdown in Europe since the mid-1990s is a reason for concern. Labour market rigidity, hampering … participation is an important factor in explaining differences in productivity and welfare over time and across regions as can be … returns as introduced by Kaldor and Verdoorn may boost productivity. For countries other than the US catching up appears to be …

This paper uses Bayesian stochastic frontier methods to measure the productivity gap between Poland and Western …