-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …

This paper presents firm-level estimates of revenue-based total factor productivity premiums of manufacturing firms … adopting digital technology in 82 developing economies over 2002–19. The paper estimates productivity using the control … function approach and assuming an endogenous revenue-based total factor productivity process, which is a function of multiple …

as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …

Over the past decades, East Asia and Pacific's productivity has been gradually catching up with the frontier (the … United States), with China leading the pack. Productivity growth has been driven by sustained within-sector productivity … growth. Reallocation of labor to sectors with higher productivity, such as industry and services, also contributed to …

between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …

urban productivity in Latin American cities. The use of night-time lights satellite imagery and high-resolution population … areas generates opposite effects on urban productivity. On the one hand, smaller governments tend to be more responsive and … efficient, which increases productivity. But, on the other hand, multiple local governments face coordination costs that reduce …

. The paper finds that the elimination of subnational barriers to entry boosted the (revenue) productivity of establishments …This paper uses a unique data set that captures the elimination of subnational regulatory barriers to firm entry and … establishment productivity and markups. The elimination of local barriers that were inconsistent with national legislation was the …

' productivity; this research illustrates that firms in South America are no exception. Using recent Enterprise Survey data from … the various dimensions and drivers of management practices and analyzes how they are related to productivity. This is an … important topic to investigate, given the lagging levels of productivity growth in the region. If management practices can boost …

-strengthening its performance is therefore critical. This paper looks at firm behaviour, firm entry and exit, job outcomes, and … and exit is negligible. The static and dynamic productivity decompositions raise a concern that although productive … productivity dynamics using firm-level administrative data for South Africa. It is the first paper to benchmark employment and …