of the high productivity level in 2007. However, the measurement of profitability and the quality of price components …This study conducts an international comparison of productivity and profitability. First, the level and growth of … productivity are compared in OECD countries for the period from 1975 to 2009. According to this comparison, productivity growth has …

, our estimation results provide evidence for the existence of productivity-enhancing effects of capital goods imports and … total factor productivity in Chile. Using the integration and cointegration techniques of Kapetanios (2005), Pesaran, Shin … manufactured exports and of productivity-limiting effects of primary exports. …

manufactured and primary goods on total factor productivity in Chile. Using cointegration techniques, we find productivity …-enhancing effects of capital and intermediate goods imports as well as manufactured exports, and productivity-limiting effects of …

former. The main factor in this relentless long-term depreciation is the loss of productivity in Mexico relative to the US …

nearly one third of euro area labour productivity growth. The results point to a significant decline in the contribution of … total factor productivity to euro area growth. …

The paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is … diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is … considerable beneficial effects on industry productivity. Possible endogeneity problems related to labour mobility are tackled by …

productivity convergence among euro area countries. While no convergence can be found on the aggregate level, selected service … sectors and manufacturing sub-industries indicate evidence of convergence. In a search for factors influencing productivity …

, R&D investments, and productivity across 12 OECD economies and 17 manufacturing and service industries. Much of the … positive relationship between those cognitive skills and the labour productivity in a country-sector combination. The part of … the cross-country cross-sector variation in labour productivity that can be explained by human capital is remarkably large …

less with regard to productivity, remuneration policies or some other particular factors. In this paper, we contribute to … exchange for other's labor embodied in the commodities affordable for one's earnings. We show that the productivity growth …

aggregate productivity growth. The framework is not derived from economic theory and it implies that productivity levels … determine the contribution from reallocation and firm turnover. In this paper, I outline an index for aggregate productivity … productivity growth should be based on the profitability, and not the productivity, of these firms. …