This paper is devoted to the study of diversification and specialization influence on one of the main indicators of … were empirically tested: 1) the dependence of the unemployment rate on the degree of concentration or diversification is … concentration or diversification on the level of unemployment depends on the time period. To test these hypotheses nonparametric …

countries, especially those in the G7, which possess huge reserves of oil wealth but have undertaken economic diversification to … factor productivity, GDP volatility, negative returns on investment, and a labor force that is too reliant on government … suggested. The analysis shows that greater efforts are needed to stimulate the diversification of the production base by …

booster shot on firms' labour productivity. This effect is significantly larger than the effect of a single grant. A more …

It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can … be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable … growth in total factor productivity. -- entry ; productivity ; institutions ; regulations ; India ; reforms …

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 …

-setting power) and (iii) revenue productivity. We apply this framework to analyze whether the pricing behavior of firms in product …