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 …

Productivity growth has declined in most advanced economies in the past two decades and there are signs that the pace … - international trade in intermediate inputs - for multi-factor productivity growth using a range of cross-country industry-level data … sources. We find that greater participation in GVCs is associated with faster domestic productivity growth at the industry …

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 …

Productivity growth has slowed across most OECD economies since the mid-2000s. While important aspects of New Zealand …’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long …-run trend of poor productivity in New Zealand, which is the key reason why average incomes are still below the OECD average …

The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting … that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we … examine the extent to which regulations affecting product, labour and credit markets influence productivity, via their effect …

direct investment, imports of productivity-enhancing technology - are petering out, and are yet to be substituted. We propose …

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 …

This paper examines the link between barriers to trade and investment and productivity performance, in the United … a robust determinant of productivity in the long term. Control variables such as spending on R&D and human capital also … range of productivity measures as well as to changes in the sectoral coverage and the set of controls. …

paper sheds new light on the labour productivity premium from adopting digital technologies and boosting digital skill use …. The productivity premium is decomposed into a direct effect benefitting the firms actually increasing their digital … intensity, and an indirect effect of belonging to a sector with high digital intensity. The firm-level productivity premium of …

artificial intelligence seem to offer a vast potential to boost productivity and living standards. However, aggregate … productivity growth has declined sharply across the OECD over the past decades. Estonia is no exception, though it is well placed … digital infrastructure and world-leading e-government services. Turning this potential into a productivity boost necessitates …