establishments that differ in productivity may be an important factor in accounting for cross-country differences in output per … to sizeable decreases in output and measured total factor productivity (TFP) in the range of 30 to 50 percent. We show …

particular, low total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America. I estimate that to explain the difference in GDP per hour, TFP … production units where institutions and policy distortions lead to a 60 percent productivity ratio between Latin America and the … United States. Removing the barriers to productivity can increase long-run GDP per hour in Latin America by a factor of 4 …

assess the quantitative contribution of productivity and life expectancy differences across countries in explaining … schooling in poor than in rich countries consistent with the data. These results highlight the importance of productivity and … development in education, emphasizing the crucial role of productivity improvements in poor countries relative to often …

labor supply margin to assess the quantitative contribution of productivity and life expectancy in explaining educational … productivity. …

use the model to assess the quantitative contribution of productivity and life expectancy differences across countries in …

labor supply margin to assess the quantitative contribution of productivity and life expectancy in explaining educational … productivity. (Copyright: Elsevier) …

Following Solow's (2001) recent advice, this paper takes productivity as the left-hand-side variable and offers a cross … productivity estimates, and the second stage is devoted to analyzing these estimates. The paper classifies productivity … productivity model developed in this paper allows space for productivity determinants of all these different types and hence may …

from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys Indicator Database we assess how mediating factors influence productivity … three affect the extent and direction of FDI spillovers on domestic firm productivity. Moreover, we find that the impact of … mediating factors depends on domestic firms’ productivity and the structure of foreign ownership. …

This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade … investigating the link between these policies and productivity growth depending on how far incumbents are relative to the … the potential channels through which productivity is affected by reform. The key conclusion that can be derived from the …

sector is highly segmented, with a relatively small core of modern high-productivity corporations, and myriad small, less … formal and low-productivity entities. This hampers efficient resource allocation and tends to entrench social inequalities … to be overcome to raise productivity in the informal, low-skill and low-productivity sector, and to facilitate resource …