corroborated in the data, as potential exit is not predicated on the size of firms, their age, or their productivity …

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in C?te d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using … decomposition methods. The analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between male- and female-headed households has decreased …, but it is particularly remarkable for export crop productivity, likely due to increased adoption of fertilizer and …

associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …High-growth firms have been widely studied in advanced countries, but little is known about such stellar performers in … Africa. Using establishment-level data from Ethiopia, this paper finds that the incidence of high-growth firms stands at an …

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 …

This paper examines the determinants of the productivity of Nigerian firms, using three waves of Enterprise Surveys … from 2007, 2009, and 2014 and 7,670 firms. The paper uses three alternative measures of productivity, which are found to be … highly correlated: labor productivity, value added per worker, and total factor productivity. The more notable trends in the …

productivity in Pakistan. The analysis finds that a 10 percent increase in the duration of outages on average leads to a 0 …

business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …

Firms that provide on-the-job training do so when it is critical to their productivity -- and when productivity is … and productivity, as well as the presence of positive externalities from on-the-job training, while discussing the … complementary productivity-enhancing activities within the firm. The literature suggests that for most firms, a comprehensive policy …

between pay and productivity in the public sector …