In this paper we study the efficiency and total factor productivity growth of Italian regions by implementing a … decomposition of productivity growth, conducted by means of Malmquist’s index, highlighted that also in Southern regions, in which …

general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa …

’ productivity gains from R&D spillovers from the research cluster decline with (i) increasing geographic distance away from the …

1979. New data presented here show that Brazilian industry achieved significant labour productivity growth during the post … industries and firms. We also found that Brazil’s labour productivity growth lagged behind what was achieved in other …

that the productivity of skilled workers has risen relative to the unskilled, but it is not easy to explain why the … aggregate labour productivity was stagnant during the 1980s. Alternatively, I have constructed a theoretical model which assumes … that the demand for white-collar workers increases not because their productivity grows faster, but because increasing …

, the sector also contributed in an indirect way to economic growth by generating knowledge and productivity spill-overs for … characterised by a relatively weak productivity growth. Does this contribute to growth stagnation tendencies à la the so …-called “Baumol disease”? The paper argues that there is no reason to expect this as long as the productivity and growth spill …