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importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of … advanced countries and peer countries in other regions. The paper finds that total factor productivity is the predominant … factor: low productivity and slow productivity growth, as opposed to impediments to factor accumulation, are the key to …
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This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to …
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productivity and the accumulation of factors of production as engines of growth in Latin America. Using the new, drastically … successful development benchmarks are explained by subpar productivity gains rather than slower factor accumulation. The … empirical analysis of the interplay between productivity and accumulation in the process of development suggests that one …
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Using a large, original database of 385 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, we document for the first time the negative impact of cronyism on economic growth. In the early 2000s, a policy shift in Egypt led to the expansion of crony activities into new, previously...
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Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that … productivity in services, but only ICT affects productivity in manufacturing. The absence of investment in ICT is associated with …
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This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …
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productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process. Additionally, most studies have focused … Chile to analyze how trade affects aggregate productivity through the process of resource reallocation and to explore not …
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In the last decades, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of higher education enrollment. Using administrative data from Chile and Colombia, we find that this phenomenon is not always associated with higher private individual returns. In...
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This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...
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