The sources of aggregate productivity growth are explored using detailed data for four-digit U.S. manufacturing …

The paper investigates structural change among the four-digit (SIC) industries of the U.S. manufacturing sector during … 1958-96 within a distribution dynamics framework. Focus is on the transition density of the Markov process that … characterizes the value added shares of the industries. This transition density is estimated nonparametrically as well as by maximum …

Manufacturing exhibits nonlinear trends in production levels, one being an active state and the other a passive state …

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented comprehensive structural market reforms. Using manufacturing plant … partially accounted for the improvement in manufacturing performance. …

The decline of manufacturing in OECD countries and job implications has been a long-time concern. Recently, policy … manufacturing – the increase in use, produce and sales of services. However, servicification of firms and its role for foreign trade … exported services are key for the competitiveness of today’s manufacturing firms and their participation in international value …

There are fewer and fewer people employed in the German manufacturing sector. Between 1999 and 2013, the number of …

This paper analyzes the firm dynamics during the process of transition. We show how firm size distribution has … transformed over the course of transition and relate this evolution to theoretical contributions of different models. We find that …