A consistent finding in the development literature is that average non-farm labor productivity is higher than average … farm labor productivity. These differences in average productivity are sometimes used to promote policies which advance the … non-farm sector. In this paper, we analyze the importance of two specification choices when comparing productivity gaps …

This study investigates the impact of the land rental market (LRM) on labor productivity in rural China. Particular … attention is given to farm and non-farm labor productivity. Using 2012 household-level data and a multinomial endogenous … switching treatment regression (MESTR) technique, we find that rural households renting-in farmland increased labor productivity …

productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro … show that if we allow for a non-linear effect of education on output the whole of the average productivity differences …

sectors constrain the productivity gain from structural transformation. In Ghana, intersectoral productivity gaps among the …-percent reduction in the disparity in regional intersectoral productivity gaps raises Ghana's national aggregate productivity … gains in labor productivity in recent decades in many developing countries. This paper offers a new perspective into the …

induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …-intensive crops, indicating that the pollution works at least partly through direct effects on labor productivity. Finally, combining …

Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the … droughts, and are consequently unable to cope fully with the adverse agricultural productivity shock. Our findings can be …

agriculture, implying that average productivity in agriculture increases as the agricultural employment share decreases. We … from four Sub-Saharan African countries. Around one third of households engage in both agriculture and non … comparative and absolute advantage are negatively correlated - misaligned - in agriculture, casting doubt on the importance of …

unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity … intensification but employers appeared incapable of turning this effort into improved workplace level productivity. Widespread pay …

results provide evidence that for institutions where employee retention and productivity are a priority, maximizing or … offering dependent college tuition waiver may be a relatively low-cost benefit to increase intended retention and productivity … predictors of intended increased productivity and intent to stay employed at the current institution. Employee retention and …