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 …

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 …

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 …

productivity (TFP) of manufacturing firms. The results indicate that a standard deviation increase in services liberalization is …

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 …

This paper investigates the sources of growth in manufacturing productivity in Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tanzania in … reallocation of market share between firms contributed substantially to productivity growth in each of the four countries, although … associated with increases in within-plant productivity. In addition, plant closure (or exit) boosted productivity more than new …

Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive … when compared to Bangladesh. Capital, firm size, or sectoral composition do not explain the low productivity of the …

a primary education; it has been accompanied by a systematic increase in the productivity of the labor force, as it has … moved from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity services and manufacturing. Although the employment share in …