, we suggest that the convergence based on the productivity, can be assisted by a reinforcement of supply-side measures …

Productivity growth and structural change are generally considered to be important determinants of economic growth …. However recent research revealed that they do not necessarily lead to higher growth and employment rates. Recent studies …, drawing on data from developing countries, showed that only the "right" kind of productivity growth resulted in higher …

In this paper, we investigate the role of labor productivity growth and whether the determinants of labor productivity …–2005 period. We decompose labor productivity growth into "within sector" productivity improvements, "static structural change …" productivity progress and "dynamic structural change" gains. Moreover, we study sectoral contributions to within sector …

sector now accounting for the largest share of employment indeveloped countries. In his seminal model of the so-called cost …,tend to rise faster than the prices of material goods. Central to his model is the disparityin labour productivity growth … disease of services retains its explanatory power and relevance today. It refutescriticisms that productivity growth in …

growth in pre-crisis years. While this led to productivity-enhancing structural change in Greece and Portugal, overcapacities …-crisis years albeit to a highly different extent in the considered countries. Despite employment being still on the decline in …

related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and … employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and intensive in labor. The limited empirical evidence suggests that the …

employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …

on a firm’s productivity and what the consequences are for a firm's profits. …