pressures, the efficiency of resource allocation and productivity growth. We show that product market regulations differ across … important role in driving resource allocation and productivity outcomes. Countries and industries where direct and indirect … countries and industries and have evolved differently over time. We argue that differences in regulation have played an …

The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting … that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we … examine the extent to which regulations affecting product, labour and credit markets influence productivity, via their effect …

We use detailed product- and firm-level data to study the sources of innovation and the patterns of productivity growth … productivity dynamics. Our estimates suggest that the decline in product reallocation through these margins has contributed greatly …

Employment protection affects aggregate productivity via several channels in potentially contradicting ways, which … factors across plants, which has been shown in past studies to substantially reduce aggregate productivity. The study provides … product of labor and total factor productivity. The results show that higher cost of dismissing redundant workers is …

inter-related sources of labour productivity weakness: the survival of “zombie” firms (firms that would typically exit in a … misallocation and the increasing survival of low productivity firms have contributed to the productivity slowdown. …

This paper extends earlier OECD work exploring the link between skills mismatch, productivity and policies to include … OECD average of 7%. The results suggest that improving the allocation of skills to OECD best practice could be associated … with an increase in productivity of around 7% in New Zealand. …