In this paper the total factor productivity (TFP) of the manufacturing sectors in Taiwan and the Republic of Korean was …, capital intensity, and growth of real output were estimated to exert a positive productivity impact in Taiwan, reflecting … not have any major productivity impact in both countries, in contrast with the results reported by the World Bank (The …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process …, the results show the presence of lagged effects product innovation on productivity two years after innovation. Compared …

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the … substantially, which suggests a constant quality of schooling output. Hence we conclude that schooling productivity has declined …

collapse; for example, artificial increases in employment in nonproductive public services entailing low productivity …; increasing wages above those guaranteed by productivity increases; an increasing budget deficit which was used primarily for …

insights on the repercussions of the macro-economic reform policy agenda during the study period plagued by a productivity … slowdown and the productivity resurgence due to the emergence of the ‘new economy’ and now the challenges to sharpen the … provide superior testable insights on productivity and technical inefficiency than the rival non-parametric Data Envelopment …