the productivity of the economy. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others …

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 evaluates the role of export destinations on productivity, employment, and wages of Turkish firms by … observables, including sector, region, employment, total factor productivity (TFP), capital intensity, wages, support from …

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 …

impacts found come from trained firms competing away sales from other businesses versus through productivity improvements, and …

productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ( "learning" ). The authors use … important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However …, aggregate productivity gains during the overall period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … the day-to-day operation of firms. The effects of this "bribe tax" on productivity are compared to the consequences of red … tax appears to have a negative impact on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. At …

margin, electricity shortages reduce the output and productivity of existing firms, thereby causing them to reduce labor …