total factor productivity (TFP) in the South. Specifically, it examines the impact on TFP in the Republic of Korea, Mexico …-level data, they find that (1) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional: Korea benefits mainly from trade …

If one region of the world switches its research effort from dirty to clean technologies, will other regions follow To … traded. Three main results emerge: (i) In the long-run, if North's research and development (R&D) sector is large enough …) If the two regions direct research effort toward different sectors and the outputs of the two sectors are gross …

to total factor productivity (TFP) for North-North and North-South trade-related knowledge diffusion, with quantity …, proxied by openness, and quality by the research and development (R&D) content of trade. The measure of foreign R&D used in … can obtain larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. …

This paper selectively synthesizes much of the research on Latin American and Caribbean labor markets in recent years … with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been …

This paper examines the impact on total factor productivity of North-South and South-South trade-related research and … on total factor productivity, though the former is larger. 2) R&D-intensive industries benefit mainly from North-South R …

sectors and the productivity of Romanian firms in the supplying industries. Further, the productivity of Romanian firms in the …