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

Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities … alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern …

The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity … differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity … training on wages and productivity differentials. Higher education yields higher productivity. However, highly educated workers …

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms … in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices … explains as much of the variation in outcomes ? sales, profits, and labor productivity and total factor productivity ? in …

tight link between exemplary performance and initial plant productivity, which is robust to many controls, including plant … associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …

between servicification and productivity in Turkey. Although servicification has the potential to boost firm performance, the … particularly less productive. Regulatory restrictions in services are explored as an explanatory factor. Productivity gaps appear …

-side and supply-side factors on industrywide aggregate productivity. The paper focuses on the effects of three factors: (1 … competition, which enables interpreting the estimated coefficients of a reduced form, dynamic productivity equation. The paper … blocks. In this industry, the expansion of the local market boosts industrywide total factor revenue productivity, while …

as the impact of these activities on firm-level productivity. The evidence gathered suggests that countries in the South …-owned firms as the most innovative of the region. The evidence also suggests a positive impact of innovation on productivity …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …

Drawing on a representative sample of firms, this paper presents some microeconomic evidence on the productivity growth … entry to overall productivity growth in Croatia is surprisingly negative. This is contrary to what would be expected based … used to support enhancements in firm productivity. In addition, appropriate bankruptcy rules play a key role by easing the …