This paper examines the connections of structural change and economic openness to labour productivity growth using a …-country productivity growth is estimated using the least squares with dummy variables approach. The results suggest that growth of labour … productivity is negatively related to initial levels of labour productivity. Labour productivity growth is also positively related …

Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by … that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product market reforms boost labour productivity growth. By documenting the main … channels, our results reveal that the reforms studied stimulate labour productivity growth by inducing dynamic efficiency …

dominated by the state and cooperative sectors, to one where the private sector and foreign investment both play key and dynamic …

unanticipated shock to study the effect of the Land Law of 2013 on the investment behaviour of growers of annual crops. Using a … difference-in-differences design, we find that the Land Law of 2013 is associated with a higher likelihood of investment in … irrigation technology or soil and water conservation, but not other types of investment. Our results are robust to controlling …

household investment. Results show that land titling has a strong and statistically significant effect on household investment …