This paper aims at providing causal evidence on the effects of expanded imported varieties on total factor productivity …, Greenfield and Weinstein (2006) methodology. This index captures the impact of new varieties on total factor productivity within …

I summarize the main results and policy insights from the 2011 EIB Conference on “Productivity and Long-Term Growth … Potential in Europe.” Europe's need for productivity growth has become more pressing against the backdrop of huge government …-long learning should be fostered and more emphasis put on an ICT-literate workforce. Productivity-enhancing resource reallocation …

total factor productivity across countries …

structural change, and measures and empirically evaluates the contribution of structural change to labor productivity growth (LPG …

have also contributed to increasing productivity and long-term growth. We explore empirically the impact of GVC … participation on productivity in Estonia using firm-level data from 2000 to 2016. We find that higher GVC participation at the … industry level significantly boosts productivity at both the industry and the firm level. Frontier firms, large firms, and …

We discuss the role of key regions in spatial development. Local productivity shocks can affect the entire economy as … particular, we identify the set of key regions with the highest potential to affect aggregate productivity, output, and welfare … congested so they can still attract additional labor in response to positive productivity shocks without local rents and input …