between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … opposite appears to be the case in Turkey: manufacturing firms with service affiliates tend to be less productive. The type of … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …

This paper explores the effects of a large increase in the national minimum wage in Turkey on firms' exit rates from … found to be larger among firms with low productivity levels before the policy change, and in sectors where profit margins …