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. …

associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …

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 …This paper is an attempt to explain variations across EU regions in productivity growth and takes into consideration …

This paper addresses the empirical relationship between the level of competition and the rate of productivity growth … level of competition for each sector that is defined by the mark-up that maximizes the growth rate of labor productivity …. The information technologies Sectors have the highest mark-ups for maximizing productivity growth. The persistence of …

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 …

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 …

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. …