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 …

This paper is an attempt to explain variations across EU regions in productivity growth and takes into consideration … the important structure of the age-productivity relation of Human Capital. The study is fundamentally based on the theory … of Fingleton's model which analyses the spatial process of productivity growth on the on the foundations of the theory of …

Llull presents a cross-country analysis of the impact of immigration on productivity and employment. Push …

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 …