have also contributed to increasing productivity and long-term growth. We explore empirically the impact of GVC … participation on productivity in Estonia using firm-level data from 2000 to 2016. We find that higher GVC participation at the … industry level significantly boosts productivity at both the industry and the firm level. Frontier firms, large firms, and …

The productivity growth has an important linkage with economic growth and standard of living. It not only increases … therefore public policies aim at improving productivity. This paper focusses on estimating productivity in iron-steel and cement … industries in India and examines the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. The period of the study is from 1991-92 to …

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 …