MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use … show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect, significant at the ten per cent level …, of the level of human capital on the level of income but no effect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred …

. Our findings suggest that the productivity gains from investments in the three innovative activities are related to firm …

market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close …-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of productivity is that, in addition to accounting for the filigree composition of human … migrating and local human capital, their interaction and joint impact on local productivity, and (2) to cross-check for the …

Understanding productivity performance is important to informing policy advice on how to improve productivity and … therefore New Zealand's overall economic performance. Given data limitations inherent in international productivity comparisons … evidence on the performance of the New Zealand economy. Previous international productivity comparisons involving New Zealand …

The human capital of a nation is highly correlated to its productivity. Thus, differences in human capital may be seen … as one factor determining the productivity gap between East and West Germany. However, a disadvantage of East Germany …