productivity dynamics using firm-level administrative data for South Africa. It is the first paper to benchmark employment and … productivity dynamics against various comparator countries for which similar analysis has been undertaken. The paper finds that … and exit is negligible. The static and dynamic productivity decompositions raise a concern that although productive …

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

total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly …