the decline in manufacturing employment is associated mainly with rising labour productivity in manufacturing …

, firm-level output prices and physical productivity. We find a negative and statistically significant relationship between … given product in a location and the physical productivity of firms in the same location producing that product. These … significant relationship between agglomeration and firm-level output prices and productivity. …

We investigate the marginal productivity of investment across countries. The aim is to estimate the return on …

We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both … across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller … low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We summarize and analyse three sets of factors: First, the poor …

In this paper we explore the extent to which firms experience productivity spillovers from clustering using a rich data …-selection and endogenous location choice of firms in an estimation of firm level productivity. Controlling for competition effects … and distinguishing between urbanization and localization economies, we find strong evidence for productivity spillovers …

interest of multi-sectors, including foreign and non-state investors. Consequently, the capacity, output and productivity of …