financial crisis. This paper analyzes the role of allocative efficiency on total factor productivity (TFP) in the manufacturing …-average growth in physical productivity, contributing to the overall improvement in efficient TFP after the financial crisis. Our …The Chilean economy experienced a decade of sustained growth in aggregate output and productivity after the 1982 …

This paper argues that regional variation in the efficiency of labor allocation among German manufacturing plants plays … a critical role in explaining regional disparities in productivity. In fact, we show that over 50% of the East …-West productivity gap is associated with a less efficient labor allocation in former East Germany. Yet, we also demonstrate that the …