1.44%. The remaining 0.35 pp represent growth in multi-factor productivity, which is calculated as a residual. The … estimate of growth in multi-factor productivity is lower than in previous studies because our measure of labour input takes …

In this paper, we make an analysis of productivity’s gaps in WAEMU’s banks; the intra-organizational strategy is … privileged. For that purpose, we study the progression of the global factors productivity using the Data Envelopment Analysis …. We find that the global productivity of the factors remained relatively unchanged but that globally the X efficiency of …

proceeds to evaluate the hypotheses of a productivity slowdown and of a productivity bonus as postulated by many existing GPT …

generates two main predictions: long-run unemployment increases with (i) a fall in long-run productivity growth and (ii) a rise … in the variance of productivity growth. Evidence based on U.S. time series and on an international panel strongly … supports these predictions. The empirical specifications featuring the variance of productivity growth can account for two U …

services. The link between these reforms and the productivity of manufacturing firms is examined using panel data for about 4 … significant positive effects on the productivity of manufacturing firms. Services reforms benefited both foreign and locally … index of services liberalization resulted in a productivity increase of 11.7 percent for domestic firms and 13.2 percent for …

Productivity growth has been quite strong over the past 2½ years, despite a drop in the second quarter of 2010. Many … analysts believe that productivity growth must slow sharply in order for the labor market to recover robustly. However, looking … at the observable factors underlying recent productivity growth and the patterns of productivity over past recessions and …

We study the relation between workers� skill dispersion and firm productivity using a unique dataset of Italian … production function that depends on the skill composition show that a firm�s productivity is positively related to skill …

The paper presents the first ex-post analysis of profit and productivity of individual vessels following a vessel or … prices, vessel size and productivity to relative profits, the economic performance of vessels is analyzed in the year of the … adjustment program. All vessel classes (small and large) also experienced substantial productivity gains immediately following …