A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity …. Using a combination of sub-national agricultural statistics and geospatial datasets on crop-specific potential yields, we … importance of understanding the interaction of geography and crop selection drivers in assessing aggregate agricultural …

This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to … understand sources of cross-country variations in agricultural TFP levels and its growth rates. Two factors affecting … agricultural TFP are analyzed in detail - imported intermediate inputs and climate. We first show that these two factors are …

Recent micro level data from East Africa is used to benchmark aggregate data and assess the role of agricultural inputs …

time, industry-level analysis suggests ample scope to raise productivity, especially in services where productivity gains …

the growth in labor. If GDP is divided by labor, productivity growth appears to have been slower than in peers. This … chapter discusses both exogenous and endogenous factors behind the disappointing productivity growth in the Netherlands and …

productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …

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 …