This paper develops a general test of factor price equalization that is robust to unobserved regional productivity …

Standard new trade models depict producers as heterogeneous in total factor productivity. In this paper, I adapt the … in value-added productivity. In equilibrium, this yields a positive relationship between the international trade …

indicate that export entrants improve their productivity in the first period after entry although this effect vanishes in the … subsequent period.This occurs for both total factor productivity (TFP) and labour productivity growth rates. Our evidence also …

partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages, income and welfare in South Africa. The model …, productivity has negative employment impact of all skills mostly in labour-intensive sectors. Some displaced labour relocates to …, however, decline because they are concentrated in low-paying positions. In addition, productivity improves household’s welfare …

productivity in the first period after entry. This occurs for both total factor productivity (TFP) and labour productivity growth …