determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending. …

This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …

We determine workforce composition and wages in firms in the presence of productivity spill-overs between co …

Productivity. We endogenize the accrual of the R&D stocks by estimating an R&D investment function. We find that the marginal …

concentration, with Silicon Valley as the epitome of a tech cluster. We investigate productivity effects of knowledge worker … productivity increases by 2.8 percent with a ten percent increase in cluster size, the share of the software engineering community … productivity effects are causal. Productivity gains from cluster size growth are strongest for clusters hosting between 0.67 and 13 …