productivity - enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it induced a … substitution of temporary employees in favor of permanent ones and reduced capital intensity, generating productivity losses. We …

aggregate productivity, resource allocation, and industry export activity along both the extensive and intensive margins. Using … productivity and shipping costs using Chilean plant-level data for a set of manufacturing industries. The estimated model is … consistent with the key features of the data regarding productivity, exporting, and importing. We perform a variety of …

factor productivity growth–particularly among the less productive firms under private Chinese or foreign ownership, but not …

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique …

, higher productivity plants, account for the bulk of sales, and also sell externally most of the inputs they produce. In a …