private sector output Y. The government is fully informed about worker productivity. By examining the welfare properties of … or may not improve economic efficiency …

This paper deals with efficiency in the public sector. It argues that the habit of relating efficiency to public … could be used for several purposes including increasing public sector efficiency …

We compile the first large cross-country panel dataset of public sector performance and efficiency, encompassing 114 … lower efficiency in the respective sector. Moreover, we find that richer countries exhibit better public sector performance … and efficiency, and that institutional and demographic factors also play a significant role …

efficiency are associated with changes in labor productivity. Finally, the paper finds that regional disparities in the …This paper estimates public sector service efficiency in England at the sub-regional level, studying changes post … to data availability), efficiency broadly improved across sectors, particularly in education. However, quality …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …