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Labour productivity growth in Malta : a sectoral decomposition analysis

Montebello, Roberta; Darmanin, Jude - 2021

This paper computes sectoral contributions to real labour productivity growth in Malta during the two decades since 2000. The aim is to give an account of the sectoral developments affecting Malta's productivity growth in the twenty years since 2000, in the context of significant structural...

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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment in retail

Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019

Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training programs. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among store managers and sales associates from a large Latin American retailer....

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Gender gaps in entrepreneurship and their macroeconomic effects in Latin America : prepared for the Institutions for Development Sector

Cuberes, David; Teignier, Marc - 2017

This paper studies the aggregate effects of the existing differences between male and female-run firms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the International Labor Organization (ILO), we show that only about one-fourth of the total firms...

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Fixed or open-ended? : labor contracts and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector

Castellani, Francesca; Lotti, Giulia; Obando, Nathalie - 2017

Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that temporary workers contribute to firms’ labor productivity to a...

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The Chinese are here : firm level analysis of import competition and performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Darko, Christian K.; Occhiali, Giovanni; Vanino, Enrico - 2018

Recent studies on oil market demonstrate endogeneity of oil price by modeling it as a function of consumption and precautionary demands and producers’ supply. However, studies analysing the effect of oil price uncertainty on investment, do not disentangle uncertainties raised by underlying...

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Regional location of business sector research and development

Eliasson, Kent; Hansson, Pär; Lindvert, Markus - 2024

In the paper, we break down business sector R&D at an appropriate regional level (functional analysis regions, FA-regions) in Sweden. We describe the variation and development at the regional level. In an econometric analysis, we examine what affects the location and size of enterprise groups'...

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Planning for production efficiency in knowledge-based development

Martinus, Kirsten - In: Journal of knowledge management 14 (2010) 5, pp. 726-743

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Innovation complementarity and environmental productivity effects : reality or delusion? ; evidence from the EU

Gilli, Marianna; Mancinelli, Susanna; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2013

Innovation is a key element behind the achievement of desired environmental and economic performances. Regarding CO2 … complementarity, namely integration, between the adoption of environmental innovation measures and other technological and … productivity. We merge new EU CIS and WIOD meso level data to assess the innovation effects on sector CO2 performances at a wide EU …

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Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing : the role of ICT investment

Aboal, Diego; Tacsir, Ezequiel - 2015

ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

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The survival of Latvian products and firms in export markets

Benkovskis, Konstantı̄ns; Jarrett, Peter; Krill, Ze'ev; … - 2022

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