This paper briefly presents the results of a total factor productivity (TFP) study of South African commercial …

– principally capital, but also labour. Technological progress, as measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth effectively … indeed those who have formal employment whose productivity and remuneration have risen, have benefited from a pattern of …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …