This paper argues that institutional quality has both direct and indirect (moderating) effects on productivity of … developed and transition economies. The results confirm that good institutions have positive and similar effects on productivity … across the board. Moreover, they moderate the relationship between foreign technological spillovers and productivity …

pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … informal activities, as well as the allocation of workers between sectors featuring different incentives to go informal. We …

pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … informal activities, as well as the allocation of workers between sectors featuring different incentives to go informal. We …

analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization … evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …

even feared that it may reduce total factor productivity (TFP) and may discourage recipient countries ́efforts. This study …) on productivity, controlling for institutional factors and economic policy, using time-series panel techniques and … focusing solely on the aid-productivity link. In order to examine possible vicious circles of aid, we run quantile regressions …

world. The last few years have seen rapid growth in the number of evaluations of these programs in developing countries … impacts found come from trained firms competing away sales from other businesses versus through productivity improvements, and …