finding is that manufacturing shows little evidence of either labor productivity or multifactor productivity convergence … convergence results, the paper introduces a new measure of multifactor productivity which avoids many problems inherent to … traditional measures of total factor productivity when comparing productivity levels. The lack of convergence in manufacturing is …

, reading and science using the PISA 2012 dataset. Multilevel models are used in the estimation. The results suggest that the … a difference-in-differences estimation method, it was found that early tracking has a direct effect on the gender gap in …

This paper examines the relationship among human capital, total factor productivity growth and convergence using … technology growth across countries by use of the stochastic Solow model and dynamic panel estimation techniques. Thus the … structural equation in which human capital levels can influence total factor productivity growth by domestic endogenous …

The disparities in cross-country labor productivity are greater in agriculture than in other industries. I propose that … the misallocation of female talent across sectors distorts productivity. I formalize the theory by using a general … productivity increases by 20.6 percent and GDP per capita increases by 6.0 percent, primarily in low-income countries …

schooling's spillover effect on the productivity of these other factors of production. This paper reviews the estimates of the …