productivity. …

with respect to productivity, we demonstrate that productivity growth affects the labour share in the long run due to … frictional growth (that is, the interplay of wage dynamics and productivity growth). In the light of this result, we consider a … (or, equivalently, the wage-productivity gap) deserves the attention of policy makers. -- Wages ; Productivity ; Labour …

China's major competitors, South Korea and Japan, over the period from 2000 to 2009. First, we analyse principal factors …Cost has a significant impact on competitiveness within the shipbuilding industry. In China, low costs have created … favourable conditions for domestic shipyards competing in the international market. However, China's shipbuilders have been …

transport sector affect their productivity. In order to compare different institutional regimes, we carry out a comparative … productivity, which we regress on firm and city characteristics. We find that when firms are totally or partially in public hands … their productivity is lower. Moreover, firms selected through competitive tendering display higher total factor productivity …