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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 …
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productivity growth. This would help in particular laggard firms and low-skilled people, making the benefits of digitalisation …
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Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened …
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Over the past decades, productivity growth and technology diffusion have slowed down, and business dynamism has …
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examines, more particularly, levels and changes in labour productivity, unit labour costs and revealed comparative advantages … labour productivity have been achieved since 1997, especially during the post-crisis period. Secondly, this has been true for … productivity increased more in less productive sectors. Since the crisis, relative unit labour costs have also adjusted …
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examines, more particularly, levels and changes in labour productivity, unit labour costs and revealed comparative advantages … labour productivity have been achieved since 1997, especially during the post-crisis period. Secondly, this has been true for … productivity increased more in less productive sectors. Since the crisis, relative unit labour costs have also adjusted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045822
This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory framework, and suggests directions for further improvement. Given the size of the economy, efficiency considerations dictate high concentration in many markets, and preventing...
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growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the …
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Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past decade, and efforts to reduce the regulatory burden have been …
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This paper reviews the extent to which OECD countries have opened the provision of publicly funded services to competition among public and private suppliers. The paper lays out an analytical framework identifying the inherent incentive and efficiency issues associated with the provision of...
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