diversification, through the development of "industries without smokestacks" and investments in knowledge. …

performance, and employee outcomes. This paper analyses how standards affect labour productivity of small and medium firms from … labour productivity. These gains primarily occur to firms operating above a threshold labour-intensity level. Firms with low … labour intensity are not likely to experience gains in labour productivity from standards. This implies that employee …

, reflecting barriers to labour mobility. The rising labour productivity (since 2009) indicates an improvement in the efficiency of …

and raising productivity in agriculture are recommended for the promotion of growth inclusiveness. …

saturation of the services sector. Moreover, productivity growth is weakening within more labour-intensive sectors. We conclude …

While the negative effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on labour productivity are still fresh in people's minds …, the COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns that productivity will continue to decline. To boost labour productivity and regain … in improving labour productivity in 35 developing countries over the period of 1990-2014. From the local projection …

Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by … that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product market reforms boost labour productivity growth. By documenting the main … channels, our results reveal that the reforms studied stimulate labour productivity growth by inducing dynamic efficiency …

. Using the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database, we find that labour productivity improvements explain more than … half of economic growth in the period 1980-2021. This is mainly thanks to within-sector productivity improvements, while …

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