and their productivity. Recent work suggests that these calculations should treat workers of different skill levels as … imperfect substitutes. However, under this approach, it has been challenging to compute skill-specific productivity levels for a … data set on labor force composition to construct measures of productivity for workers in three distinct skill categories …

variables are included as explanatory variables. Estimates found using quantitative theory depend in critical ways on values of …

The present study tried to explore the spatial and temporal variation in economic growth and productivity of Middle … economies, growth rates of per capita GDP and per worker GDP are quite meagre. Total factor productivity does not play a … that there is convergence in per worker GDP (labour productivity) and per capita GDP. The study favours adoption of large …

This paper investigates the effect of product market regulations on the international diffusion of productivity shocks … observed divergence of productivity in OECD countries, given the emergence of new general-purpose technologies over the 1990s … of productivity shocks, namely the adoption of information and communications technology and the location decisions of …

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 paper investigates the effect of product market regulations on the international diffusion of productivity shocks … observed divergence of productivity in OECD countries, given the emergence of new general-purpose technologies over the 1990s … of productivity shocks, namely the adoption of information and communications technology and the location decisions of …

This paper undertakes a rigorous examination of the convergence patterns of labour productivity at the regional and …

determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending. …

, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

In a widely quoted paper - Bernard and Jones, AER December 1996 - it is found that productivity in manufacturing does … applied conversion factor - expenditure PPPs for total GDP - is not appropriate for measuring productivity in manufacturing …. Hence, whether or not productivity in manufacturing converges across OECD countries remains an open question …