Using two new comparative data sets from France, we present the first study of the compared productivity of labor-managed and conventional firms based on large representative samples of firms in a range of industries including services. We offer new stylized facts on labor-managed firms, and our...

Despite a continuing interest in the compared efficiency of labor-managed and conventional firms, only a handful of comparative empirical studies exist. These studies suggest that labor-managed firms have the same productivity levels as conventional ones, but organize production differently....

This paper analyses the impact of individual farmers' participation in the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM). Precisely the paper analyses the effect of participation on credit market access, fertilizer use and total incomes of its participants in the Kasungu district...