in terms of total factor productivity, although the difference is small. However, women entrepreneurs generate the same … amount of profit per unit of revenue as men. Although both male and female entrepreneurs in the region are sub …

informal, and the impact of normalization on their profitability. The analysis finds that the impact of tax registration on … profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue tax receipts, and presents a set of prioritized policy implications for … small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …

low productivity, low growth, and low quality of jobs. This study presents fresh qualitative and quantitative analyses to … better understand the reasons why firms are informal and the impact of formalization on their profitability, in order to … registration on profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue tax receipts. The smallest and the largest firms in the …

"The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been … productivity increases 4-5 percent for each additional year a plant has exported, after controlling for the effect of current … exports on total factor productivity. Learning-by-exporting is more important for young than for old plants and in industries …

and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory … higher productivity gain are liberalized less. Finally, he illustrates a system of equations estimation and shows that the …"There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such …

for greater capital accumulation, without being fully reflected in a higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth …