There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or … associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …

This paper relates firm level input changes and productivity to aggregate growth of the Hungarian economy for the … the role of firm productivity in growth was not stable over time. It played important role in early transition and in the … input reallocation shows a decreasing trend in Hungary. -- Growth decomposition ; productivity ; reallocation ; firm level …

-level productivity growth in three Turkish manufacturing industries. The results are somewhat supportive of the Schumpeterian hypothesis … given that the productivity effects within plants contributed the most to the aggregate level productivity growth. However …, the results generally contradict the insight that plants entering the market have higher productivity than plants that …

-adjusted index of labor services. We find that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth decreases significantly when using the latter … method. This means that when using the alternative method one explains more of the growth in labor productivity than what a …

hour and total factor productivity. Using a "flat spot" identification strategy, we separately estimate the price and … quantity of human capital using wage data from the Labour Force Survey. We find that growth in human capital supplied per hour …

, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs' counterparts, i.e. the 'control … very important - but specific - function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity …

sector, the distribution of gains from the impressive labour productivity growth appears to be markedly uneven. Finally …This paper highlights new findings on the wage-productivity nexus in the World Factory Economy. After presenting the … long-run macro-elasticity characterizing the phase of Chinese economic development since the eighties, we look at the wage-productivity …

The Thein Sein government of Myanmar seeks higher and balanced economic growth. This is a challenge for the government …

This paper examines the empirical relationship between agglomeration and economic growth for a panel of 48 Central and … Eastern European regions from 1995 to 2006. By agglomeration, we mean the within-regional concentration of aggregate economic … for endogeneity and spatial dependence. Our empirical analysis provides evidence of a positive effect of agglomeration as …