offshoring. This result can be understood to arise from the productivity enhancing (cost reducing) effect of offshoring. If the … activity becomes stronger. In such a case, it is possible for this effect to offset the positive productivity effect, and …

firms to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate productivity. Since wage and productivity responses are endogenous …, our model is well suited to study the impacts of trade integration on aggregate productivity and factor prices. Using … Canada-U.S. interregional trade data, we first estimate a system of theory-based gravity equations under the general …

investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large … positive impact on a firm's productivity, with an overall elasticity of about 0.10; this general result is largely consistent … ahead in terms of the impact on productivity of their R&D investments; moreover, a shift in favour of the service sectors …

/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU … firms are more likely to achieve productivity gains through capital-embodied technological change at least in medium and low …

investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and energy use, influence productivity levels. A dynamic factor …This empirical study examines changes in industrial productivity in Korea between 1980 and 2009, focusing on how … productivity growth in 30 industrial sectors. Describing industry-specific productivity levels is important for policymakers when …

data on market sector productivity, R&D and non-R&D intangible assets, and public sector R&D spending. We look for evidence … of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover effects … from intangible investment at the market sector level, including from R&D, (b) strong evidence of market sector spillovers …

productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … crucial for Kenya to have high labour productivity as it has strong implications for economic growth and welfare. The paper …Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour …