This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States …

that these appreciations reflect underlying productivity gains in the tradable sector. Using panel data over the period … 1993-98, the results show clear evidence of productivity-driven exchange rate movements in the central and eastern European … expect to experience further productivity-driven real exchange rate appreciations. Evidence from a large cross-section of non …

suggested that these differences should be driven by cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper … discusses various measures of productivity and its determinants for the OECD countries from different dimensions: (i) the … measurement perspective; (ii) evidence on the evolution of productivity levels across OECD countries; and (iii) a critical review …

indicate that declines in factor inputs and productivity were both important determinants of the output fall. The contribution … of the productivity drop was critical, but smaller than previously reported. Possible causes of the reduction in … productivity are assessed using data on sub-national regions within Russia. Privatization and entry of private firms are found to …

used determinants of total factor productivity, a measure of the effect of labor reallocation and an index of economic … suggest that growth will depend, to a large extent, on educational investments and productivity gains in agriculture …

, the international effects of budget deficits and public-debt management, and the effects of international tax …

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

Ricardian-Heckscher-Ohlin model implemented on 75 countries. We simulate two alternative productivity growth scenarios: a … ""balanced"" one in which China''s productivity grows at the same rate in each sector, and an ""unbalanced"" one in which China …''s comparative disadvantage sectors catch up disproportionately faster to the world productivity frontier. Contrary to a well …

as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital …

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that … points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it … result in negative effects on measured productivity …