, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced economies. In contrast, in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent … States, which embarked on reforms later and contented with less depth, the productivity gap remains substantial. While the … ; business climate ; productivity ; transition …

in these tasks are designed to be used by skilled workers, productivity in the LDCs will be low. Even when all countries … factor productivity and output per worker. Our theory also suggests that productivity differences should be highest in medium … effect on the direction of technical change and on productivity differences …

corruption in some societies may persist in part from the self-selection into government institutions of citizens with a higher …

. As in endogenous growth models, technological progress increases the number of varieties, raising average productivity …

only a slight upward trend in the productivity of the human capital sector, combined with ascending degrees of human …