productivity. Low labour productivity is only partly explained by the industry composition of the NZ economy and is primarily a … consequence of sustained low multi-factor productivity growth within industries, as well as weak investment. Economic geography is … an important factor in New Zealand’s poor productivity performance, as the small size and remoteness of the economy …

Technological change is increasing the productivity of highly skilled workers but creating more challenging labour … rates of qualification and skills mismatches would boost both wages and productivity. With the possibility of more workers …

measured productivity growth, this has raised questions about the conceptual basis of GDP and output, and whether current … occurring, its scale is not sufficient to explain the widespread slowdown in measured GDP growth or multi-factor productivity …

efficiency. Technical change was found to be major source of productivity growth for most country samples for the two analysed … support payments were found to negatively influence crop farm productivity and efficiency of input use. More decoupled …This report measures and evaluates total factor productivity (TFP) of crop farms in the European Union (EU) in the …

taxes improved the ease of doing business. Nevertheless, labour productivity remains low with large differences between … productivity growth reflects poor educational and managerial quality, still large infrastructure gaps, low investment in innovation … and R&D and stringent regulations in some sectors. To raise productivity growth Colombia should focus on some key areas …

-factor productivity (MFP) growth, using new OECD indicators of the design of insolvency regimes. Firm-level analysis shows that reforms to … OECD countries and given evidence that stalling technological diffusion has contributed to the aggregate productivity …

The United Kingdom is preparing a modern industrial strategy to boost labour productivity across the whole country and … meeting these targets. This study identifies industrial strengths of each region and scope to boost regional productivity … productivity, but the sectoral composition of regions and their type of investment are more important determinants. Each region has …

the uneven expansion of their high-productivity entrepreneurial firms. The paper highlights the channels through which …

This paper investigates the effect of export entry on productivity, employment and wages of Latvian and Estonian firms … firms also realise more than 23% and 14% higher labour productivity level as the result of export entry. Export entry also … increases employment and average wages. Gains in productivity and employment are particularly large when firms enter exports …