education. The econometric evidence documents a strong relationship between ICT capital and productivity in both countries, even …

A key issue in the estimation of production functions is the correlation between unobservable productivity shocks and … input levels. Profit-maximizing firms respond to positive productivity shocks by expanding output, which requires additional … productivity shocks. This paper reviews Levinsohn and Petrin's approach and introduces a Stata command that implements it …

This paper investigates the impact of ownership structure on the productivity performance of Russian industrial …

This paper looks at productivity growth rates in Malta and Cyprus and proposes policies as to how these island states … countries might augment their productivity and competitiveness. We identify three possible growth strategies for the islands: an … productivity yardsticks. We also evaluate trends in Gross Value Added (GVA), employment levels, and Unit Labour Costs (ULCs) in the …

In this paper I provide an estimate of labor productivity growth for the electricity distribution sector in Latin … America, in the period 1994 to 2001. I report an annual rate of labor productivity change of about 6%. A comparison of the … changes in prices and labor productivity reveals that, in most cases, final prices to customers did not fall to reflect the …

Improving the productivity of the healthcare system, for example by taking advantage of scale economies or encouraging …

on productivity, sales and profitability of domestic firms is insignificant. The empirical results presented in this … domestic production thereby reducing reliance on imports. Furthermore, productivity gains arising from R&D activities can also …

and mental productivity in a brain-intensive profession. We show that less talented players are more likely to drop out …, and that the age-productivity gradient is heterogeneous by ability, making fixed effects estimators inconsistent. Since we … repopulates the sample by applying to older cohorts the self-selection patterns observed in younger cohorts. We estimate the age-productivity …