I propose a two-sector endogenous growth model with heterogeneous sectoral productivity and nonlinear hiring costs to … analyse the link between sectoral resource allocation, low productivity growth and stagnant real wages. My results suggest … raises growth of technology, labor productivity and real wages. I show, however, that a slowdown in productivity and …

substitution is low, then GDP, productivity and wage growth may however still slow down, because the economy will then fail to …, productivity, and GDP. …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

This paper evaluates the impact of accessibility on the productivity of Spanish manufacturing firms. We suggest the use … Total Factor Productivity level for 2009, which is then explained in the second estimation step as a function of the …, and a smaller effect of the accessibility to workers on firms’ productivity. …

The paper analyses the causal effect of capital subsidies on firms' efficiency and productivity by exploiting the … evolves over time, enabling to decompose productivity changes into the change in technical efficiency (i.e., measuring the …