for economic productivity, the inclusiveness of growth, social cohesion, and increasing youth risks. This paper utilizes …

This paper examines whether labor productivity converged across Peru?s regions (?departments?) during 2002-12. Given … the large differences in labor productivity across the regions of Peru, such convergence has the potential to raise … aggregate productivity and incomes, and also reduce regional inequalities. The paper finds that labor productivity in the …

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms … explains as much of the variation in outcomes ? sales, profits, and labor productivity and total factor productivity ? in …

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 …

of connected firms into new, modern, and previously unconnected sectors slows aggregate employment growth and skews the … distribution of employment toward less productive, smaller firms …

) allowing assessment of the productivity of land use and taking measures to increase it; (ii) comparing productivity between …

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

-augmenting productivity and other structural parameters in the model may have shifted over time to contribute to the generation of …