The effect of structural reforms on growth in Europe and Central Asia is assessed by looking separately at each supply …-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …

productivity dynamics using firm-level administrative data for South Africa. It is the first paper to benchmark employment and … productivity dynamics against various comparator countries for which similar analysis has been undertaken. The paper finds that … and exit is negligible. The static and dynamic productivity decompositions raise a concern that although productive …

This paper investigates the sources of growth in manufacturing productivity in Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tanzania in … reallocation of market share between firms contributed substantially to productivity growth in each of the four countries, although … associated with increases in within-plant productivity. In addition, plant closure (or exit) boosted productivity more than new …

dramatically improve its performance across all industries in terms of productivity if the country is to provide better jobs for …

productivity angle.In looking at a set of high-growth economies of the past, the Growth Report 2008 identified common … total factor productivity to growth is on a declining path.The structural shift of the Ghanaian economy into services and … marginally contributes to labor productivity growth.Second, concentration of economic activity in natural resources increase …

This note takes stock of productivity trends of the Albanian non-agricultural private sector using granular firm …-level data. To understand better the sources of jobs and productivity growth, this note analyzes firm-level data from the … employment and productivity gaps remain. Between 2006 and 2016 the country has seen a doubling of its formal private sector …

productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that … structural transformation but instead to sustained growth in within-sector labor productivity. At 3 percent, the contribution of …, the main policy challenge for Malaysia going forward will be to achieve sustainable labor productivity growth within …

This paper examines the role of changes in sectoral productivity gaps over time in accounting for growth realized by … countries over the past few decades. To quantify the productivity impact of the sectoral gaps, a simple model of resource … changes in distortions is because of unrealized gains suggested by high levels of present distortions, productivity gains are …

Dramatic changes took place in agricultural policies in Europe in the 19th and 20th century. In the 1860s European …

, the effects of capacity agglomeration on labor productivity growth are stronger compared to other regions. These findings …