This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across … reforms matter more for increasing productivity growth at the aggregate and sectoral levels for some emerging market and … payoffs, the paper also examines how productivity gains from various reforms evolve over the the short- and medium-term …

We conduct an innovative analysis of sporting world records by a) using economic instead of sporting determinants and b … show that world records are close to full efficiency and therefore actual athletic frontiers. Forecasts including economic … determinants imply that the dynamics of world records largely depend on the dynamics of the frontiers and their driving forces, i …

The aim of this study is to investigate the ICT impact on labor productivity growth of EU developing countries …. Empirical studies of the role of ICT as one of the main determinants of productivity growth, for developing countries have … results indicate a positive and significant impact of ICT on labor productivity growth in developed and developing countries …

of production and correlations with technical changes are measured by Total Factor Productivity as an expression of … Technical Efficiency to assess Total Factor Productivity …

Energy leapfrogging may have critical implications for a world that seeks to reduce its fossil fuel use and greenhouse …

Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by … that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product market reforms boost labour productivity growth. By documenting the main … channels, our results reveal that the reforms studied stimulate labour productivity growth by inducing dynamic efficiency …

We examine the importance of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in middle-income countries based on cross …