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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 …
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in productivity gains from additional varieties of services, the analysis finds that real wages increase across all …
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factor productivity and the OECD's foreign direct investment Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, combined with data from … observed increase in manufacturers' total factor productivity over the period. The total factor productivity gains accrue … both the transport and electricity, gas, and water sectors. Total factor productivity gains are associated, in particular …
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services. The authors examine the link between those reforms and the productivity of manufacturing firms using panel data for … had significant, positive effects on the productivity of manufacturing firms. Services reforms benefited both foreign and … in the aggregate index of services liberalization resulted in a productivity increase of 11.7 percent for domestic firms …
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productivity (TFP) of manufacturing firms. The results indicate that a standard deviation increase in services liberalization is …
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study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms …
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Services play a major role in the Senegalese economy, accounting for 66 percent of economic activity and contributing nearly three-quarters of gross domestic product growth between 2006 and 2013. During the period, the private sector contributed 71 percent of services and accounted for 84...
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Globalization is creating many new trade and growth opportunities, with services trade increasingly becoming an issue for export-oriented economies. Services are important to country trade strategies, because they represent activities in which countries may have a comparative advantage, and they...
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Empowering women to engage in productive employment is not only critical to achieving gender equality but also critical for economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper studies the pattern of female activity and gender segmentation in the Indian manufacturing and services sectors. Although...
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Although many studies consider the spatial pattern of manufacturing plants in developing countries, the role of services as a driver of urbanization and structural transformation is still not well understood. Using establishment level data from India, this paper helps narrow this gap by...
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