the so-called "Growth Disease", i.e., the tendency of aggregate productivity growth to slow down in the process of … service sector may raise rather than lower aggregate productivity growth if the service industries produce intermediate rather … raised or lowered aggregate productivity growth in the G7 countries. …

I propose a two-sector endogenous growth model with heterogeneous sectoral productivity and sector-specific, nonlinear … hiring costs to analyse the link between sectoral resource allocation, low productivity growth and stagnant real wages. My … implemented in Germany in 2003-2005, is beneficial in the long-run as it raises growth of technology, labor productivity and real …

This paper investigates the sources of growth in manufacturing productivity in Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tanzania in … reallocation of market share between firms contributed substantially to productivity growth in each of the four countries, although … associated with increases in within-plant productivity. In addition, plant closure (or exit) boosted productivity more than new …

This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across … reforms matter more for increasing productivity growth at the aggregate and sectoral levels for some emerging market and … payoffs, the paper also examines how productivity gains from various reforms evolve over the the short- and medium-term …

creating low labor productivity. Since conservatives reject this, a recent New York Times article stated that economists have a …