The Atkinson Report examined measurement of public services' output and productivity. Traditionally, only inputs to the … government sector were reflected in the National Accounts. This treatment imposed zero productivity growth for the government … output had cast light on what the government sector produces and its productivity in doing so. Sir Tony Atkinson reviewed …

Agriculture in poor countries has low productivity, high employment, and negligible trade flows relative to other … sectors. These facts motivate a multi-sector, open-economy view of international productivity differences. With a quantitative … trade, I find: (1) trade amplifies the negative effect of labor market distortions; (2) trade costs -- large for poor …

-Kortum trade model, I show these distortions reconcile the cross-country productivity data with observed trade flows. Through …Poor countries have low labour productivity in agriculture relative to other sectors, yet predominantly consume … domestically produced food. The existing literature on cross-country agricultural and aggregate productivity differences abstracts …

international trade to: (1) measure sectoral productivity and trade costs across countries; and (2) quantify the impact of low poor … model, I estimate PPP-adjusted productivity from observed bilateral trade data, avoiding problematic price and employment …This paper finds an important relationship between the international food trade and cross-country income and …

Global Manufacturing and International Supply Chains changed the way trade and international economics are understood … understanding of the supply-side growth dynamics, privileging a trade perspective: the definition of comparative advantages and the …

Global Manufacturing and International Supply Chains changed the way trade and international economics are understood … dynamics, privileging a trade perspective: the definition of comparative advantages and the potential for value-chain up-grading …

to European and global samples of countries. It analyzes both the commodity structure of Polish trade and the …

to European and global samples of countries. It analyzes both the commodity structure of Polish trade and the …