This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm …-country differences in key economic outcomes, such as productivity or output per capita, to differences in policies and institutions that … determinants of productivity at the firm-level and the evolution of the distribution of productivity across firms within each …

-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …

In order to promote productivity, and thus boost living standards in the long run, public policies need to focus on … institutional forms evaluated against these criteria. While the contribution of most organisations to ‘pro-productivity’ policies is …

upstream sectors and employment protection legislation and that of macroeconomic factors on the productivity growth of OECD … regions. In particular we explore how this effect varies with the productivity gap of regions with their country’s frontier … structural policies on regional productivity growth controlling for region-specific determinants of growth. We estimate our model …

This paper analyses and compares ten institutions that have a mandate to promote productivity-enhancing reforms. The … well-designed pro-productivity institutions can generally improve the quality of the policy process and political debate … concentrating knowledge and research on productivity in one independent, highly skilled and reputed body can help create the …

In recent years, literature has linked structural reforms with productivity growth. Considering Portugal’s recent …-2014, this paper assesses the impact of structural reforms on firms’ productivity. In line with existing literature, the analysis … productivity levels. The firms’ distance to the technological frontier mediates the impact of reforms, either by potentiating its …