This paper examines how import penetration affects firms' productivity growth taking into account the heterogeneity in … product market regulation measures depending on firms' positions along the global distribution of productivity levels. The … heterogeneous effects of international competition and domestic product market regulation on firm-level productivity growth are …

This paper aims at providing causal evidence on the effects of expanded imported varieties on total factor productivity …, Greenfield and Weinstein (2006) methodology. This index captures the impact of new varieties on total factor productivity within …

I summarize the main results and policy insights from the 2011 EIB Conference on “Productivity and Long-Term Growth … Potential in Europe.” Europe's need for productivity growth has become more pressing against the backdrop of huge government …-long learning should be fostered and more emphasis put on an ICT-literate workforce. Productivity-enhancing resource reallocation …

Productivity growth has flat-lined in most economies despite rapid advances in technology. Economists suggest competing … and increased productivity means a productivity surge is just around the corner. The paper explores the implications of … alternative productivity growth scenarios for the global economy, particularly for growth, labor markets and the flows of trade …

structural change, and measures and empirically evaluates the contribution of structural change to labor productivity growth (LPG …