Advanced economies have been witnessing a pronounced slowdown of productivity growth since the global financial crisis … productivity slowdown over the past two decades in four closely integrated European countries, Austria, Denmark, Germany and the … Netherlands, based on firm-level data. Participation in global value chains appears to have affected productivity positively …

We assess the aggregate productivity impact of distortions arising from labor regulations in Mexico and how they … but small impacts on aggregate productivity …

A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity … productivity differences …

have also contributed to increasing productivity and long-term growth. We explore empirically the impact of GVC … participation on productivity in Estonia using firm-level data from 2000 to 2016. We find that higher GVC participation at the … industry level significantly boosts productivity at both the industry and the firm level. Frontier firms, large firms, and …

productivity growth rate or a major boost to domestic savings and investment in sub-Saharan Africa. In the absence of such changes …