We study the origins of labor productivity growth and its differences across sectors. In our model, sectors employ … a large and increasing contribution to aggregate labor productivity growth. Neither capital accumulation nor the …

The present paper analyses whether and how the affiliation of a firm to a business group affects its productivity … Bureau van Dijk's MARKUS database and from the Cost Structure Panel we assess differences in productivity (1) between … groups, region, sector and size of firms, it is shown that group members have a productivity premium between 6 and 28 …

to influence productivity. To this end we estimate plant-level production functions augmented by regional characteristics …