What drove the UK productivity slowdown post-GFC, and how is the post-Covid recovery expected to differ? This paper …

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

total factor productivity premium of 11-28 percent. The data do not allow testing of whether these premiums are caused by … data, we cannot disentangle its effect on productivity from those of more traditionally recognized channels of …

This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity. Using firm-level observations … competition and our measures of productivity. We also find that countries that implemented product-market reforms had a more … pronounced increase in competition, and correspondingly, in productivity: the contribution to productivity growth due to …

supply factors such as productivity gains, materialized after long-fought restructuring efforts during the lost decade …

We provide broad-based evidence of a firm size premium of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in Europe after the …

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 …