workers with the same (observed) human capital but different appearance (race): unobserved productivity (skill), search … school graduates implies: a) blacks have a 9% lower productivity level than whites; b) the disutility factor in employer …’s preferences is one-third of the white's productivity level; and c) 50% of firms have a disutility factor in their utility toward …

This paper empirically investigates and identifies the main contributing factors to output and productivity growth in … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …

Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer … productivity level associated with a country’s imports. Using instrumental variable method (to address the endogeneity problems …

positively correlated with productivity improvements and growth in real output. Furthermore, while governance affects efficiency …

positively correlated with productivity improvements and growth in real output. Furthermore, while governance affects efficiency …

The paper explains the large differences in cross-country productivity performance by modeling and testing the effects … of social barriers to communication on productivity and capital accumulation. In an optimal growth model, social barriers …-state levels of total factor productivity (TFP), per capita consumption, and reproducible capital. A ‘bridging’ parameter in the …

successfully leveraged onsite assets to support the ongoing clean-up mission, provide potential long-term employment for the …

promise as a provider of short-term employment during facility construction and long-term employment from ongoing facility …