The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data …

This paper examines the agricultural productivity?farm size relationship in the context of Bangladesh. Features of … Bangladesh's agriculture help overcome several limitations in testing the inverse farm size?productivity relationship in other … result in misleading conclusions on the farm size?productivity relationship. Empirically, the findings confirm that the farm …

This paper uses a quasi-experimental study of a major bridge construction in Bangladesh to understand the effects of a … large reduction in trade costs on the pattern of structural change and agricultural productivity. The paper develops a … productivity gains through agglomeration in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The model yields insights different from the …

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms … in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices … explains as much of the variation in outcomes ? sales, profits, and labor productivity and total factor productivity ? in …

agricultural productivity, and using subdistrict level panel data from Bangladesh, this paper finds significant positive effects of …This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented …-marketed services at home (`home production'). The model predicts positive effects of a favorable agricultural productivity shock on …

investment (FDI) firms. An exogenous EU trade policy shock is shown to cause some FDI firms in Bangladesh to expand, which led to … 1/4 of the product scope expansion and 1/3 of the productivity gains within domestic firms …

agricultural productivity in structural transformation in the labor market. The empirical work is based on a general equilibrium … elasticity of demand and the wage elasticity with respect to productivity increase in agriculture. For productivity growth to … significant positive effect of agricultural productivity on rice yield and agricultural wages. Productivity shock increases wages …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural …. Using rainfall as an instrument for agricultural productivity, empirical analysis finds a significant positive effect of … agricultural productivity growth on growth of informal (small-scale) manufacturing and skilled services employment, mainly in …

. They also provide a convenient and cost effective way to access bank accounts. This paper constitutes a first attempt to …