reduces national output per worker, so if diversity induces integration, it indirectly augments productivity as well. Finally …

This paper measures plant-level productivity gains associated with learning curves across the entire manufacturing … investment. 2) This implicit investment is large; many plants invest as much in learning-by-doing as they invest in physical … capital and much more than they invest in formal job training. 3) This investment differs persistently over industries and is …

Conventional R&D-based growth theory argues that productivity growth is driven by population growth but the data … suggest that the erstwhile positive correlation between population and productivity turned negative during the 20th century … explains why in modern economies high growth of productivity and income is associated with low or negative population growth …

and older/more experienced workforces; and also better-quality capital proxied by its ICT content. Economic theory … predicts that these trends should raise TFP. To assess these predictions, we use EU-KLEMS data, with information on the age …/education mix of the workforce, as well as the importance on ICT in total capital, for 34 industries within 16 OECD countries …

important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R …&D enhances technology transfer by improving the ability of firms to learn about advances in the leading edge ('absorptive …

reflects differences in individual skills and other non-skill shocks. We consider heterogeneity in both initial skills and … within generations to identify and estimate the intergenerational correlation structure for initial skills and skill growth … elasticities (IGEs) for earnings in Canada (less than 0.2, even when based on 5-year and 9-year average earnings); however, skill …

unbalanced panel comprising a cross-section of 8 manufacturing industries over a time span of 26 years The results provide … insights on the repercussions of the micro-economic reform policy agenda during the study period plagued by a productivity … slowdown and the productivity resurgence due to the emergence of the ‘new economy' and now the challenges to sharpen the …

productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is … communication had a positive but insignificant impact on firms' labour productivity. On the basis of these observations we make a …Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour …

between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental …Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction … improvements and modifications made upon the existing technology. This paper shows that distinguishing between these two types of …