production technology. Then we estimate the total factor productivity series for each classification. Using determinants of total … factor productivity that include, among many others, human capital, openness, and distortion of domestic prices relative to … productivity. …

productivity growth, and production efficiency improvement. In addition, this paper incorporates the quality of inputs in analyzing … output growth, where the productivity of capital depends on its average age, while the productivity of labor depends on its … the improved quality of factors or total factor productivity growth in explaining output growth. The quality of capital …