, such as lower educational enrollment rates for girls than for boys, harm diversification by constraining the potential pool …

suggested that these differences should be driven by cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper … discusses various measures of productivity and its determinants for the OECD countries from different dimensions: (i) the … measurement perspective; (ii) evidence on the evolution of productivity levels across OECD countries; and (iii) a critical review …

Productivity dispersion across countries has led to several studies on the determinants of firm level productivity and … the role of macroeconomic policies in determining productivity. In this paper, we investigate the effect of fiscal … consolidation on firm level productivity in 12 advanced economies by combining an updated dataset of fiscal consolidation measures …

We show that an increase in aggregate uncertainty-measured by stock market volatility-reduces productivity growth more … using productivity growth for 25 industries for 18 advanced economies over the period 1985-2010-mitigates concerns with …

differentials across sectors: labor productivity is more volatile in agriculture and manufacturing than in services. Aggregate … of labor across sectors emerges endogenously from sectoral labor productivity growth differentials. The setup is then …

This paper uses the Growth-at-Risk (GaR) methodology to examine how macrofinancial conditions affect the growth outlook …

The paper analyzes the impact of natural disasters on per-capita GDP growth. Using a quantile regressions and growth-at-risk …

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant … contributor to higher growth (through both capital accumulation and productivity) and lower output volatility, and in many … are islands have limited growth. Policies aimed at improving productivity, further development of the tourism sector, and …