The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on …

This paper provides cross-country firm-level evidence on productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI … labour productivity we find: i) positive intra-industry spillover effects for firms located in advanced countries, and ii …

Following Hsieh and Klenow (2009), this paper studies productivity dispersions in Colombian industrial establishments … manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of approximately 3-8 percent and TPF is positively correlated with exporting status … in 1991 is associated with an increase in plant productivity levels for firms that export goods. The 1990 reform that …

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that … temporary workers contribute to firms’ labor productivity to a lower extent than permanent workers, while also having …

In this paper we provide firm-level evidence on the role of resource misallocation for total factor productivity … capital/labor productivity build up more capital/labor and that financial constraints play a significant role, especially in …

in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although … export mix are more important for firm growth in large firms, but not in terms of productivity. In contrast, SMEs can have a … higher potential for productivity improvement through export product churning but this does not translate necessarily in …

The paper studies the drivers of productivity at country and sectoral levels over the period 2000-2017 with the focus … intangible digital capital for productivity growth, particularly in the manufacturing sectors. While backward global value chain … participation and EU integration are also found to be instrumental for accelerating productivity growth, the impact of inward …

Productivity growth in Indian manufacturing is an important driver of overall growth, yet the issues related to its … measurement have still not been resolved. The issue of how to compute an aggregate productivity measure holds significance for two … reasons: one, the productivity of a firm should reflect the productivity of the lower levels, which comprise the aggregate …