This paper models and estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth parametrically. The model is a generalization of …

, environmental regulation, productivity, and consumer preferences have contributed to these reductions in pollution emissions. We …

This study measures productivity growth using the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity growth index (MML …-Luenberger (ML) productivity growth index. MML has two advantages compared with the ML index. The former is able to consider … index is employed to measure productivity growth and decompose its components in 14 Korean industrial sectors during the …

productivity (TFP) growth of 30 Chinese provinces during the period of 1993 to 2003. The random effects model with heteroscedastic …

dispersion, and 2) the correlation between within-firm skill dispersion and productivity is positive in industries with higher …

specification of TFP is based on a "neo-Schumpeterian" empirical specification in which productivity improvements depend on growth … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both … to reduce the productivity performance of firms. The negative effect is particularly strong on firms characterised by an …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The … industries. Overall, findings do not point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity …

. Spillovers from FDI are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts …

From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth … or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to produce higher productivity growth? Does such … and used these inputs to estimate the short-run and long-run relationship between labor market flows, labor productivity …