performance of 5000 Egyptian MSEs in 2003. The results of our Probit model show that the productivity increases when the firm …

productivity index, and we extend his analysis by exploiting new relationships between theoretical Konus and empirical Fisher price … implicit productivity index, the other has pure Fisher structure, and we note the advantages of each. …

Nordic welfare model meet this objective in the future? Increasing productivity and wealth challenge this. Services tend to … have lower productivity growth and thus to become more expensive (Baumol’s cost disease), but also to have a high income …

panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …

the Luenberger productivity indicator (LPI) to the assessment of water companies' productivity growth. The advantage of … applying the Luenberger productivity indicator to the water industry in England and Wales or other countries. For the sake of … comparison, the traditional Malmquist productivity index (MPI) was also estimated. The results indicate that on average, a …

Suppose firms are subject to decreasing returns and permanent idiosyncratic productivity shocks. Suppose also firms can … productivity shocks tend to survive and others are forced to exit. This paper identifies assumptions about entry that guarantee a …