Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract investment, motivated by the expectation of … sources of induced spillovers from foreign direct investment. This article evaluates the empirical evidence on productivity …

globalization and productivity growth. The editors' careful selection includes articles that focus on the impact of globalization on … aggregate productivity, openness, international technology diffusion, and trade adjustment and productivity growth. Other topics … exporting and productivity. The set will be an essential reference point for researchers, students and policy-makers concerned …

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …

Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of … productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment's outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …

exporting and productivity shows that exporters on average are more efficient than nonexporters. If that is the case we may also …