role of total factor productivity (TFP) gaps as opposed to factor accumulation. Nevertheless, it is a widely held belief … direct contribution of factors of production. -- Development accounting ; total factor productivity ; technology …

An influential hypothesis explaining the persistence of global productivity differences is that frontier technologies … global diffusion, adoption, and productivity consequences of agricultural technology. Our empirical design uses differences … frontier reduces global productivity by 50% and increases cross-country dispersion in log productivity by 15% relative to a …

This paper compares two alternative growth paths, assessing the effects on productivity of specialisation in natural … exports either of natural resources or of technological products, and compare their role in productivity growth by GMM …-up in productivity. Technological specialisation, especially in products typical of the Fourth Industrial Revolution …

The growth of agricultural productivity is widely believed to be low. But this study finds the productivity growth rate … may be an advantage.Martin and Mitra examine the growth and convergence of total factor productivity in agriculture and … rarely tested view that the rate of growth in agricultural productivity is invariably low. But Martin and Mitra find that the …