investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …

specific case of Serbia to examine the relationship between productivity, the investment climate and private ownership of firms … critical. Identification of the relative effects of various investment climate constraints and ownership on productivity should … previously, according to the econometric analysis of productivity reported in the paper, private ownership is an equally or more …

suffers from 'constraints to growth'. We look at the interplay of variables accounting for size, productivity and labor cost … positive and counterbalancing relation linking together productivity and size. We investigate how size contributes to the wage …

productivity performance. The empirical distributions and the associated persistence over time are explored through a set of … external credit. We also offer an initial understanding about how profitability and productivity relate with a third dimension …

period 1988-1998. It explores three aspects of the inventors’ productivity: 1) the number of EPO patents that they produce; 2 …

that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …

In this chapter, Joseph Heath argues that we tend to overestimate the contribution that further productivity growth … will make to the welfare of Canadians. Traditionally, productivity growth was thought to contribute to increased leisure …, productivity growth has contributed less and less to the well-being of Canadians. The key puzzle for Heath is why further economic …

In this chapter, William Scarth examines the relationship between population aging, productivity and growth in living … standards and reaches a more optimistic conclusion about the effects of aging on productivity. Indeed, he finding that aging may … in fact lead to increases in productivity, even if no policy initiative is taken. He argues that our economy possesses at …

the health-productivity relationship with an emphasis on the public policy implications. This relationship goes well … Grossman model, the author describes three additional pathways through which health can affect productivity at an aggregate …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising … barriers to communication among groups, inhibiting the diffusion of knowledge and lowering the level of productivity in the …