productivity levels. Productivity is calculated as total factor productivity by a nonparametric approach using data for U … reported. The results point to a first-order Markov process as a valid description of productivity transitions. Further …

productivity change is tested by an application of quantile regression and is found to be significantly positive throughout. …

In this paper a model of productivity dynamics of manufacturing industries is developed with key features being the … the productivity distribution across the industries is derived and nonparametrically estimated using data for U ….S. manufacturing industries over the period 1958-96. The conclusion of a substantial role of persistence in the productivity …

We analyze the effect of new business formation on the productivity of incumbent manufacturing establishments. We … obtain robust empirical evidence of productivity improvements that are due to the emergence of new businesses in the same … new businesses on the input market and cross-industry effects are not related to incumbents' productivity changes. The …

In this paper different formulae for the decomposition of aggregate productivity levels and changes are applied to a … period 1981-1998. Productivity is measured by a nonparametric frontier function approach. The decompositions of productivity … contributions from entering and exiting firms. Our results show that these forces drive aggregate productivity dynamics to a …