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between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels … the depletion of assets. We also consider the interaction between past weather-risk exposure and the actual realization of … weather shocks to ascertain the extent to which the investment strategies of risk-exposed households "pay off" by buffering …
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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 …
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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an … extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self … productivity in foreign-owned firms and private domestic firms separately and find the former benefit more from exporting …
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This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using … firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains … from import-intensive sectors experience higher productivity gains. The evidence indicates that the main source of spill …
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. When productivity is measured by profits per hectare, we estimate a positive effect of farm size on productivity. Results …
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Focusing on labour productivity and working conditions, we investigate the benefits of industrial zones for private … manufacturing enterprises in Myanmar. We find that being located in an industrial zone associates with higher labour productivity …. Value added gains, however, are not transferred to employees. The results are robust to different measures of productivity …
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We look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched … relations we find a positive and economically important association between business practices and productivity. The results are …-added functions and the Mincer regressions show that at least half of the productivity gain from improved business practices stems …
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In this paper, we aim to analyse the learning by exporting hypothesis in the Mozambican context. Due to the presence of the born-global phenomenon among exporters, we address the endogeneity introduced by self-selection by combining a generalized BO approach with results from traditional...
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Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...
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Myanmar is facing climate change (CC) induced changes to the productivity of their critically important rice sector … agricultural system…' by 2030. In this paper, we investigate the productivity pillar of the ADS strategy. Specifically, we employ a …
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