The paper estimates a conditional ß-convergence model of labor productivity growth in Italy's manufacturing industry …. Our results suggest that human capital, a cooperative culture, and initial productivity in neighboring provinces can … explain much of the geographical variability of productivity growth in manufacturing in nineteenth-century Italy …

work, we present a simple model where the effect of agricultural productivity on industrial development depends on the … soybean seeds in Brazil, which had heterogeneous effects on agricultural productivity across areas with different soil and …

work, we present a simple model where the effect of agricultural productivity on industrial development depends on the … soybean seeds in Brazil, which had heterogeneous effects on agricultural productivity across areas with different soil and …

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed … closer spatial proximity to one of India's largest cities. Plants in the organized sector utilizing a greater variety of … inputs display higher productivity, with the effects mostly concentrated among smaller plants with fewer than 50 employees …