provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

productivity (TFP) in Niger between 1963 and 2003. A growth accounting analysis indicates that the erosion in output per capita …

productivity resulting from stabilization and liberalization in 1993-94; or (iii) that it resulted from a favorable aggregate …

The paper examines Latin American countries' productivity growth levels and their convergence patterns utilizing … productivity indexes alongside with their main components. Moreover a convergence analysis is conducted estimating relative … productivity convergence paths. The results suggest that over the period examined, countries' productivity growth levels have …

productivity levels but also on long-term productivity growth rates in developing countries. Using a panel of Mexican manufacturing … industries, this paper examines several alternative mechanisms through which trade contributes positively to productivity levels … 1986. The results indicate that productivity growth is significantly correlated with the share of imported intermediate …

Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased relative to the US since the mid- 1970s, and in many …-level data from 10 Latin American countries to quantify the heterogeneity of firm productivity and the degree of resource … misallocation within countries. Productivity heterogeneity and resource misallocation are found to be much larger than in the United …

extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity … and account for a small share of gross, industry-level changes in exports, employment, output, and productivity. The … distribution of exports are positively correlated with changes in total factor productivity. Our results suggest that plants face …

This paper explores the roles of agglomeration economies and aggregate human capital in accounting for productivity … statistically positive relationship between worker productivity and population density at the sub-national level even after … externalities play a stronger role in explaining productivity variations than do agglomeration economies in our region. By providing …

productivity to tourism growth is obtained for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela, while the vice versa is confirmed …Purpose - The study aims to investigate the nexus between total factor productivity and tourism growth in Latin … organizations focused on driving a tourism-led-based productivity and/or tourism programs and projects. Originality/value - The …