total factor productivity growth. This paper addressses this question by examining whether "primitives", or rates of factor …

Recurring in Preindustrial Economy -- Chapter 3. Capital Accumulation -- Chapter 4. Productivity Growth -- Chapter 5. Inequality … substantially over the last two centuries, driven by increased labor productivity, and derived from more intense andefficient use of …

This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries …. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm … total factor productivity. We exploit time, country, and industry differences in the opening of EU labor markets from 2004 …

significant net benefits, over the past couple of decades the positive effects of immigration on per capita growth, productivity …