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Changing population age structures are shaping the trajectories of development in many countries, bringing opportunities and challenges. While aging has been a matter of concern for upper-middle and high-income economies, rapid population growth is set to continue in the poorest countries over...
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East and Southeast Asia face major demographic changes over the next few decades as many countries' labor forces will start to decline, while others will experience higher labor force growth as populations and participation rates increase. A well-managed labor migration strategy presents itself...
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already made under better institutions and policies, particularly those affecting the productivity of labor, such as …
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productivity growth rate. The analysis illustrates the key role of child health in the demographic transition …
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business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …
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To analyze the effect of an increase in the quantity or quality of public investment on growth, this paper extends the World Bank?s Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM), by separating the total capital stock into public and private portions, with the former adjusted for its quality. The paper presents...
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This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on … an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation … representing each of the main categories of productivity determinants and, combining them through principal component analysis …
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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 …
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accumulation, and total factor productivity, unlike previous periods. Resources play a role by attracting capital inflows …
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This paper tests whether structural or firm-specific characteristics contributed more to (labor) productivity growth in … the European Union between 2003 and 2008. It combines the Amadeus firm-level data on productivity and firm characteristics … characteristics are most important for firm productivity growth, particularly the stock of inward foreign direct investment and the …
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