The paper examines Latin American countries' productivity growth levels and their convergence patterns utilizing … productivity indexes alongside with their main components. Moreover a convergence analysis is conducted estimating relative … productivity convergence paths. The results suggest that over the period examined, countries' productivity growth levels have …

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters …

investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

pandemic wave) was associated with declines in consumption (-1.9%), investment (-1.2%), output (-2.4%), and productivity (-1 …