This paper investigates the sources of growth in manufacturing productivity in Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tanzania in … reallocation of market share between firms contributed substantially to productivity growth in each of the four countries, although … associated with increases in within-plant productivity. In addition, plant closure (or exit) boosted productivity more than new …

productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that … structural transformation but instead to sustained growth in within-sector labor productivity. At 3 percent, the contribution of …, the main policy challenge for Malaysia going forward will be to achieve sustainable labor productivity growth within …

We analyse how changes in international trade integration affect productivity and the functional income distribution … integration increases productivity. Second, we show that international tradeintegration is associated with higher labour shares in …

panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007.We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …