Latvia’s productivity growth is held back by weak innovation and inefficient resource allocation. The shortage of … efficient insolvency regime, and reducing substantial state ownership would improve the allocation of resources. Latvia also … relates to the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Latvia (http://www.oecd.org/economy/surveys/latvia-economic-snapshot/) …

This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three … countries analysed, among the innovation types that we consider, the strongest link between innovation and productivity was …

This paper assesses the possible dynamic effects of occupational entry regulations (OER) on productivity. It combines … firm-level productivity data with a new cross-country policy indicator measuring the stringency of OER by the presence of … contribution of personal and professional services to aggregate productivity growth via two channels: the acceleration of their …

This paper uses a novel empirical approach to assess if the development of online platforms affects the productivity of …) and ten OECD countries using internet search data from Google Trends, which we link to firm-level data on productivity in … these industries. We find that platform development supports the productivity of the average incumbent service firm and also …

services in output and its integration in the world economy. Productivity growth in the United Kingdom has consistently … financial crisis. Sluggish productivity growth in the service sectors was the main factor behind this weak performance. Raising … productivity will help to sustain employment and wages but will require a broad range of policies. Keeping low barriers to trade …