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 …

This study reviews and analyzes the changes in total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 12 Asian economies – the …

total-factor-productivity (TFP) elasticity of output per worker of 2.8. This implies that a factor of 3 difference in TFP is …

-level total factor productivity using the Olley–Pakes approach suggests that processing firms are less productive than non …

This paper investigates the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity by using both Chinese manufacturing … productivity (TFP) by adopting an augmented Olley-Pakes (1996) semi-parametric methodology to correct the simultaneity bias from … increases productivity for firms that produce complex goods (highly differentiated products). In contrast, we found that trade …

institutional environment variables at the sub-national level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. We find basic …