This paper examines the role of skilled labor in the growth of total factor productivity. We use panel data from … manufacturing industries to assess the extent to which productivity growth in yearly cross section is tied to industry shares of … skilled labor inputs. We find robust evidence that productivity growth was increasingly concentrated in high-skill industries …

The persistent gaps in African sectoral labour productivity and the disappointing growth in the manufacturing and … service sectors have revived interest among academics and policymakers. In search of ways to boost labour productivity, this … study explores how the technology choice as a proxy for industrial policy can affect labour productivity growth. First, I …

disputes per factory and increased use of contract workers in all major states in India are signs of reduced bargaining power … productivity is derived. A semi-parametric approach is applied on a 3-digit level of industrial data over major states during 1998 …-2014 to regress Solow residual (the proxy for productivity) on trade share along with its interaction terms capturing market …