factor productivity (‘agglomeration elasticities’): the sorting of heterogeneous firms, the convexity of agglomeration …This paper examines three key issues encountered when estimating the relationship between agglomeration and multi … dimensions, and to estimate separate agglomeration elasticities across industries and regions. Sorting leads to upward biased …

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the relation between where a firm is located and its productivity. The … analysis distinguishes two location characteristics measured at the municipality level: local agglomeration measured by … between both local population density and market potential and firm-level productivity. The results further indicate that …

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the relation between where a firm is located and its productivity. The … analysis distinguishes two location characteristics measured at the municipality level: local agglomeration measured by … between both local population density and market potential and firm-level productivity. The results further indicate that …

This paper conducts an in-depth evaluation on the role of industrial agglomeration in productivity growth of China … source of agglomeration effects especially in upstream industries, whereas their productivity is boosted most by the … agglomeration of other private enterprises. We reckon that industrial agglomeration contributed up to 14% of the productivity growth …

stimulated foreign capital inflows into Myanmar in export-oriented labour-intensive industries such as garment manufacturing …-oriented garment manufacturing sector of Myanmar. The paper argues that global developments driven by the World Trade Organisation have … political isolation and poor infrastructure have left Myanmar’s workers vulnerable to the vicissitudes of capitalist …

This study explores the relationship between agglomeration economies and industrial productivity between 1980 and 2010 … in Ecuador. The measure of productivity used is labour productivity. We conclude that urbanization economies have a … positive impact on productivity in the period analyzed. …

The objective of this study is to obtain a better understanding of the current rice production condition in Myanmar … through efficiency analysis, especially, to examine the impact of farm mechanization on Myanmar rice production efficiency … stochastic frontier approach (SFA) with variable returns to scale on Myanmar rice production. The efficiency of the rice …

affect, positively or negatively, work-life balance, levels of job satisfaction and stress, and productivity. The …

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …