A considerable literature has focused on the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP), prompted by the empirical … representative consumer is summarized by current and anticipated future Solow productivity residuals. The equivalence holds for any … parametrically. This result justifies total factor productivity as the right summary measure of welfare, even in situations where it …

: current and future total factor productivity and the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare … production technology and the degree of market competition. It applies to open economies as well, if total factor productivity is … factor productivity be constructed with prices and quantities as perceived by consumers, not firms. Thus, factor shares need …

less likely to be active in commercial farming than their male counterparts. These gender differences in land productivity … services. In this paper, the authors review the evidence on productivity differences and access to resources. They discuss some … productivity of land and overall production are likely to be large. …

agricultural productivity. The empirical studies on the gender gap, however, have frequently used data that were limited regarding … agricultural productivity distribution into (i) a portion driven by gender differences in levels of observable attributes (the … productivity distribution, ranging from 22 percent at the 10th percentile to 37 percent at the 90th percentile. While it is …