Using comprehensive, anonymized tax administrative data for the 2008-14 period, we examine firm-level productivity in … South Africa. Measures of firm-level productivity are included in a spatial autoregressive model that assesses spillovers … from total factor productivity originating from agglomeration economies and the spatial diffusion of productivity shocks …

Focusing on labour productivity and working conditions, we investigate the benefits of industrial zones for private … manufacturing enterprises in Myanmar. We find that being located in an industrial zone associates with higher labour productivity …. Value added gains, however, are not transferred to employees. The results are robust to different measures of productivity …