-run manufacturing total factor productivity growth in an emerging market context. It explores a large firm-level panel dataset for Chile …-cut. Locations with greater concentration of a particular sector did not experience faster growth in total factor productivity during … this period. Rather, local sector diversity was associated with higher long-run growth in total factor productivity …

This note presents the results of an empirical analysis of firm-level productivity growth in Russia's manufacturing … Performance surveys (BEEPs). The results show that productivity grew steadily between 2003 and 2008, with an annual growth rate … characteristics such as size, location, age, and the structure of firm ownership are important determinants of productivity, as …

productivity growth, suggesting that reforms that increase productivity may have the most impact on boosting Russia's potential ….7 percent in 2010-17, a 2.1 percentage point decline. The most recent deceleration was due to a slowdown of productivity growth … the baseline scenario, Russia's potential growth is expected to continue its gradual downward trend, from 1.5 percent in …

The need for economic diversification receives a great deal of attention in Russia. This paper looks at a way to … economic growth are key to that fate. Volatility of growth is higher in Russia than in comparable economies because its slumps …

Governments are resource and bandwidth constrained, and hence need to prioritize productivity-enhancing policies. To do …, coordination ability, and defending against capture is critical to successful implementation of productivity policies and should be …

This paper examines the role of changes in sectoral productivity gaps over time in accounting for growth realized by … countries over the past few decades. To quantify the productivity impact of the sectoral gaps, a simple model of resource … changes in distortions is because of unrealized gains suggested by high levels of present distortions, productivity gains are …

dimensions coincided with significant growth in aggregate labor productivity. However, in and of itself, the same reallocation … could only have held back, rather than aid, the observed productivity gains. This was because labor was more productive … productivity of the reallocation of employment between the two sectors could only have been reinforced by the impacts on the same …