At the macro level, productivity is driven by technology and the efficiency of resource allocation, as outcomes of … reducing labor market rigidities in states with high informality has a net positive effect on aggregate productivity …

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

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that … points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it … result in negative effects on measured productivity …

greater competition and at liberalizing key aspects of economic activity. This paper investigates productivity trends in India … productivity (TFP) growth in total manufacturing and many of the component sectors since 1980 were markedly higher than that in the … about factor elasticities and the assumed structure of the production function; (ii) productivity growth for total …

This paper explores the causes of India''s productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic … of existing businesses rather than new entrants or consumers. A relatively small shift elicited a large productivity …

productivity in the manufacturing sector, focusing on the interaction between this policy shock and firm and environment … productivity. Specifically, reductions in trade protectionism lead to higher levels and growth of firm productivity, with this … climate, and financial development, do not appear to influence the effect of trade liberalization on firm productivity …

growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the five …