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

This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to …

chapter discusses both exogenous and endogenous factors behind the disappointing productivity growth in the Netherlands and …Although GDP growth in the Netherlands has recently been stronger than in peer countries, the main contributor has been … the growth in labor. If GDP is divided by labor, productivity growth appears to have been slower than in peers. This …

Netherlands, based on firm-level data. Participation in global value chains appears to have affected productivity positively …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 …

A surge of exports in the 2000s helped Japan exit the severe decade-long stagnation known as the lost decade. Using … supply factors such as productivity gains, materialized after long-fought restructuring efforts during the lost decade …

Is Japan's aging and, more recently, declining population hampering growth and reflation efforts? Exploiting … had a significant negative impact on total factor productivity. Moreover, prefectures that aged at a faster pace … give strong support to the notion that demographic headwinds can have a non-trivial impact on total factor productivity and …

Productivity growth in Japan, as in most advanced economies, has moderated. This paper finds supportive evidence for … the important role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in explaining Japan's modest productivity growth. Results …. SMEs, on average, exhibit lower productivity growth than non-SMEs in Japan, with smaller and older SMEs showing …

As labor input in Japan shrinks with population aging, capital accumulation and productivity gains will drive growth …

applies it to Japan. Using firm-level financial statement data, it estimates total factor productivity (TFP) of individual … Japanese firms. Given the estimated distribution of productivity across firms, the paper simulates the effect of optimal …