? We develop a model of human capital accumulation that emphasizes productivity and life expectancy differences across …

total factor productivity (TFP) and static measures of capital misallocation within a country. Using data on 5 … time-series volatility of productivity are also characterized by greater cross-sectional dispersion in productivity …. Volatility in TFP explains one quarter to one third of cross-country productivity dispersion. We document a similar relationship …

factors into account, the paper shows that total factor productivity (TFP) not derived from those one-off reforms accounted … efficiency is improving in the 2000s and productivity must continue to increase for the country to sustain its development. …

income/productivity levels in the immigrants home countries. We make progress towards addressing endogeneity by specifying a …

productivity (TFP). This article summarises the evidence on the importance of resource allocation across productive units in …

This paper uses panel data to examine the effects of foreign presence on firm level productivity in the Kenyan … that foreign firms dominated in virtually all the economic activities, including productivity performance. The analysis of … productivity determinants using a technologically profound approach produced a statistically significant role played by foreign …

This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade … investigating the link between these policies and productivity growth depending on how far incumbents are relative to the … the potential channels through which productivity is affected by reform. The key conclusion that can be derived from the …

sector is highly segmented, with a relatively small core of modern high-productivity corporations, and myriad small, less … formal and low-productivity entities. This hampers efficient resource allocation and tends to entrench social inequalities … to be overcome to raise productivity in the informal, low-skill and low-productivity sector, and to facilitate resource …