. This paper explores the direct economic consequences of immigration on host nations’ productivity performance at a sectoral … made a negative contribution to labour productivity growth in Spain and a negative but negligible contribution in the UK … sectors, but we note considerable variation in magnitudes. Labour productivity growth has a neutral contribution from migrant …

destination most preferred by immigrants. However, it has also had a scant productivity performance. The main burden on … productivity growth lies with the construction sector and almost all private service sectors with the unique exception of the … of growth, shifting from labour creation to improvements in multifactor productivity. …

productivity directly, by reallocating resources towards more productive uses, but also indirectly through the effects of increased …

-2002. We compute the contribution to output and labour productivity growth of employment, non-ICT and ICT capital, labour … qualification and Total Factor Productivity. Results are given for 29 different branches; individually and grouped into four … that although the ICT intensive group appears to be the most dynamic cluster, most of the impact on productivity is still …

The paper presents a quantification of Spanish productivity performance over the last two decades –with a special … notable inefficiencies, as identified by negative Total Factor Productivity (TFP) contributions to productivity growth during … resurgence of labour productivity in Spain over the 2000-2004 period. …

pressures, the efficiency of resource allocation and productivity growth. We show that product market regulations differ across … important role in driving resource allocation and productivity outcomes. Countries and industries where direct and indirect … regulatory burdens are lighter have generally experienced the highest GDP per capita and productivity growth rates. Moreover …

United States showed a behavior that was influenced by new technologies, whereas in Spain the contribution of productivity to …

productivity directly, by reallocating resources towards more productive uses, but also indirectly through the effects of increased …