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

productivity using a quantitative sectoral model featuring a distribution of farms. Measured aggregate factors (capital, land …, economy-wide productivity) account for ? of the observed differences in farm size and productivity. Policies and institutions …-size distortions which together with aggregate factors accounts for ? of the cross-country differences in size and productivity. …

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 …

productivity (TFP). This article summarises the evidence on the importance of resource allocation across productive units in …

productivity (TFP). In this article, we summarize a recent literature — and the articles in this special issue on misallocation … and productivity — that focus on the reallocation of factors across heterogenous production units as an important source …

fall in total factor productivity and in capital accumulation. We analyze Venezuela during the collapse episode in the …

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 …