This paper provides evidence on the effect of recessions and expansions on the productivity growth rate of productivity …. These data allow us to estimate firm level productivity for a relatively long period of time and provide us with firm level … perception of the business cycle. We find that productivity tends to converge in recessions because, in these periods, the …

The relationship between city size and territorial productivity hasattracted much attention in the urban economic … level. This paper proposes the use of entropy econometrics to estimateurban income and urban productivity according to city … on the cities productivityin Spain. …

We inspect the relationship between quality of work and productivity. Using Spanish aggregate data for the period 2001 …–2006, we find that quality of work is an additional factor to explain productivity levels in sectors and regions. Consequently … social indicators approach. Besides, we employ two different measurements of labour productivity, in order to test the …

This paper uses comparable firm level data from France, Italy and Spain to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER …-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of … productivity. …

Policy efforts to revitalise entrepreneurship and investment in Spain are key to generating growth and new jobs. The … government has a substantial reform program to make it easier to do business in Spain, which should in some cases be deepened …

Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects … innovation. Spain has done well in reducing the carbon emissions intensity of GDP growth but will need to do more to meet future …

Whilst a great deal of e¤ort has been dedicated to identification of agglomeration effects on labour productivity, the … measurement of spatial productivity spillovers is a question that has been addressed only occasionally along the New Economic … productivity spillovers across Spanish municipalities in year 2001. To this respect, we find that agglomeration effects are in the …