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 …

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 …

that labour productivity is higher in firms where working conditions are better. …