productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a … dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training …

the cost and productivity effects, this specification is integrated into a flexible neoclassical cost function. The …, these cost savings can be very large. The estimates of productivity effects are also positive, albeit rather small. …

productivity. The productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is enhanced by a higher level of skills and education …The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a … dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training …

industry, mineral extraction and state owned enterprises. This paper uses a unique database on medium and large …-scale enterprises establish how far enterprise performance in the north-east differs from the national average and the reasons for any …

Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by increasing productivity in agriculture, a declining share of … the labor force employed in agriculture and declining productivity in modern sectors such as manufacturing. To shed light … larger firms that exhibit superior productivity performance but do not expand employment much, and small firms that absorb …

Structural transformation can spur economic growth and development if it increases overall productivity growth. A labor … market environment that enables workers and enterprises to transition smoothly across sectors and into more productive …