The recovery from the current deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will require raising productivity through … competition, firms face weak incentives to become more productive. Sizeable shares of labour and capital are trapped in low-productivity … directed credit, but thanks to a successful policy reform that aligned directed lending rates with market rates, they are now …

to come increasingly from productivity gains, and resources will have to shift towards activities that rely more on …

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to …

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to …

other public policies can narrow regional gaps in income, well-being and access to services, productivity growth is key to …, this paper documents the performance of Swedish large regions (TL2) on the main productivity drivers identified by the … high regional productivity, namely rail and road connectivity, knowledge-intensive employment and research and education …

leads to changes in incumbent firms’ productivity. We find that platform use increases labour productivity growth in firms … employment. What is more, productivity gains are greater for small firms and firms in the middle of the productivity distribution … in narrowing productivity gaps among firms. Finally, productivity gains are stronger in more dynamic platform markets …