What drove the UK productivity slowdown post-GFC, and how is the post-Covid recovery expected to differ? This paper … traces the sources of TFP growth in the UK over the last two decades through the lens of a structural model of innovation …, using registry data on the universe of firms. The dominant innovation source in the pre-GFC decade were improvements by …

This paper investigates the impact of structural reforms on productivity growth. A panel analysis of 20 OECD countries … finds that the impact of structural reforms on productivity growth may be weak or negative in the short run, possibly due to … run, however, structural reforms are found to have significantly positive effects on productivity growth …

, goods market efficiency, higher education, and innovation would permanently boost productivity growth by a total of 1 …Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural …

&D), which are endogenized through financial institutions. The theory and its results shed lights on the debate of convergence …

productivity growth that indicates that The Gambia was able to use its resources more efficiently …

as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital …

intertemporal trade-off. Because investment in education affects labor productivity with a long lag, it takes 15+ years before net …