This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean … induces significant reductions in productivity (2.3% to 10.7%), over the 2013-2040 period. Estimated output losses due to …

productivity convergence and its speed at the country, region and industry levels simultaneously. The results show that conditional …

This paper investigates the degree of total factor productivity convergence for the German electricity and gas firms …. We use different approaches to compute the productivity level and several old and new panel unit root tests from the … of total factor productivity, result confirmed by all categories of tests we use. Therefore, an innovation transfer is …

In the paper, productivity convergence is analyzed with a broad panel of industry sector data for the United States and … had a significant effect on German sectoral productivity growth in the sixties and seventies. Some part of the catching …-up is due to capital-deepening, but most of it is total factor productivity convergence, i.e. endogenous growth models …

productivity, we estimate efficiency measures for the East European, Baltic, and other former Soviet Union Countries using the … the average annual total factor productivity. These results suggest that, on average, chance in technical efficiency is …

Using the Malmquist productivity index and panel data methods, we study the role of total human capital and its … composition in the technological “catch-up” process and productivity growth via the channels of innovation and adoption of … productivity growth. Primary and secondary school attainment (unskilled labour) contribute significantly to the adoption of …

Productivity convergence among countries has been investigated extensively with mixed results. This paper extends the … analysis to the firm level to shed light on the debate of convergence or non-convergence. We find productivity convergence …

, inequality, and poverty. It constructs a multidimensional regional integration index (MDRII) series that embodies six key facets …

- pirical strategies to carry out this study. The Human Development Index together with research and development expenditure are …