variety of imitation- to innovation-based intermediate goods. A key mechanism through which productivity increases initially … imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …

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 …

provide opportunities for productivity growth and job creation for unskilled labor simultaneously; c) Some high-productivity …

This paper investigates the scale, causes, and timing of significant episodes of industrialization and …

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

barriers to open markets and access to finance are significantly associated with differences in total factor productivity …

rarely focused on the institutional factors that might underpin such structural transformation and productivity. This paper … government land reallocations and formal land-use certificates on agricultural productivity growth, as well as the likelihood of … productivity (at about 30 percent each), mainly by encouraging market-based land transfers. A sustained increase in non …

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 …

tight link between exemplary performance and initial plant productivity, which is robust to many controls, including plant … associated with subsequent growth in firm productivity …

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 …