, the hypothesis that input quality and plant productivity are complementary in generating output quality. We embed this …

heterogeneity in productivity and factor prices symmetrically. The strength of the proposed estimator is illustrated by Monte Carlo …

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. -- Productivity ; retail ; regulation …

This paper uses a unique new data set on nearly a thousand manufacturing firms in Brazil and India to investigate the … education. The econometric evidence documents a strong relationship between ICT capital and productivity in both countries, even …

variation in measured health status are included in wage functions to assess empirically whether the productivity of both … components of health are equal. Evidence from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Brazil suggest that the health human capital effect on …

particular regions of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th century. We show that municipalities that received settlements …

experience, using administrative datasets from Brazil and Italy. We categorize firms into discrete "classes" using a clustering …