problem was the slow growth of productivity, caused by the slow growth of the manufacturing sector. And why did that matter …? Because he found that productivity of the manufacturing sector was positively related the growth of the manufacturing sector …

which enhance the productivity of their workers. In this approach wage is an independent variable which will influence the … performance of the firms. On the other hand, one can say that when productivity and efficiency increase the firms will be induced … productivity for the period 1984-2004. The results show that the causality is from wages to efficiency and productivity. Among the …

benchmarking indicators of key micro drivers and related structural policies that help explain differentials in productivity and …, exports) toward an exploration of productivity, which the literature identifies as the principal constraint to growth in the … and performance indicators related to productivity in the Caribbean and appropriate benchmark countries. This could help …

I model an economy where the adverse health effects of pollution impede labour productivity and capital accumulation is … corruption incentives and the relevant implications for pollution, productivity and economic growth. …

A longstanding basis of empirical economics is that average labour productivity declines during recessions and … increases during booms, behaves procyclically. In the short run, output growth and productivity tend to move together in many … to better understand short-run changes in productivity growth within the service sector industries, necessarily different …

The service sector plays a key role determining long-term productivity growth rates and living standards due to the … this paper is twofold. On one side, to analyse the behaviour of productivity in the service sector, both in aggregate and … refutation of the traditional hypothesis of low productivity. There is a huge heterogeneity and dualism within the tertiary …

particularly focused on productivity trends and the effects of changes in regional productive structures, which seems to be the … main source of the observed productivity convergence. The crucial mechanism explaining this last process (labour apparent … productivity) is the transfer of labour from the less productive activities to the most ones, a fact that has been particularly …

This paper studies the effects of stock markets and banks on the sources of economic growth, productivity and capital … contributed to capital accumulation or productivity growth in these countries. Given the emphasis that has been placed in …, stock markets are found to have sizable positive effects on both productivity and capital growth, while banks only affect …

This empirical study examines changes in industrial productivity in Korea between 1980 and 2009, focusing on how … investment in information and communication technology (ICT) and energy use, influence productivity levels. A dynamic factor … productivity growth in 30 industrial sectors. Describing industry-specific productivity levels is important for policymakers when …