In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …

progress in labour productivity. The main exception to these regional trends is Mexico, where gains in the manufacturing … productivity were the main determinants in the evolution of manufacturing competitiveness in the last decade. In fact, the … the manufacturing sectors of most countries in the region went down from 2007 to 2012, after relatively favourable …

We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both … across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller … low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We summarize and analyse three sets of factors: First, the poor …

This paper uses detailed production data from a half million Chinese manufacturing plants over 1998-2007 to estimate … the effects of temperature on firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), factor inputs, and output. We detect an inverted … adaptation were to occur, we project that climate change will reduce Chinese manufacturing output annually by 12%, equivalent to …

This paper analyzes the relationship between the intensity of international trade flows and labor productivity for 28 … to labor productivity growth in the period 1990 to 2008. These channels, which have been developed in the theoretical …, of which several turn out significant. In addition to estimates for the total manufacturing sector, we also show results …