We compute rates of growth in labor productivity during the 1973-80 period for samples of individual manufacturing … contribution of such expenditures to productivity growth was about the same in both countries. Hence, the rather large differences … on the observed rates of productivity growth between the two countries can not be accounted for by differences in either …

relationship to both (i) institutional constraints, and (ii) productivity …

role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate … productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). We use comprehensive …, firm-level data from India's organized manufacturing sector to show that market-share reallocations did play an important …

using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference … entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major …

hydroelectric power availability. We estimate that India's average reported level of shortages reduces the average plant's revenues … and producer surplus by five to ten percent, but average productivity losses are significantly smaller because most inputs …

to raise energy productivity, the amount plants can produce with each unit of energy. Treatment plants, after two years … error 7.3 percent). I assume that the treatment acted only through energy productivity to estimate the plant production … strongly to a productivity shock when plants can adjust these inputs …

We estimate the rate of total factor productivity growth in Indian manufacturing industry for the period 1973-1992, and … it ignores the additional capital formation made possible by an increase in productivity and therefore understates … productivity's true importance. Our estimates suggest that the understatement may be quite large, and that one might better ask if …

factor prices. Labor productivity in Southern manufacturing also declined, but this decline is explained by the reduction in …

attempt to raise their productivity to the level required to gain employment. Second, employers faced with an inability to …