nearly one third of euro area labour productivity growth. The results point to a significant decline in the contribution of … total factor productivity to euro area growth …

unemployment benefits – on productivity is examined here, using annual cross-country aggregate data on these policies and industry …-level data on productivity from 1979 to 2003. We use a "difference-in-differences" framework, which exploits likely differences … in the productivity effect of policies in different industries. Our identifying assumption is that a specific policy …

We study the aggregate productivity effects of firm-level financial frictions. Credit constraints affect not only …-invest in schooling. Frictions lower aggregate productivity because talent is misallocated across occupations, and capital … responses. We find that these effects combined account for about 1/5 of the U.S.-India aggregate productivity difference …

/methodology/approach For this purpose, a model is specified and estimated in which the total factor productivity of Spanish regions is …

effect on productivity. However, there are different reasons to believe that the impact of TE might not be homogeneous across … sectors. In this article, we study the impact of TE on productivity growth and, in particular, we wonder if it differs … sectors according to the skill intensity. Our main result is that TE has a negative impact on productivity growth, but it is …

development as well as productivity and firm performance. Eventually, the survey does not only allow the identification of main …

This article uses a non-linear time-varying model to test productivity convergence in 10 emerging countries within … for all countries in most of the sectors. Also, we found evidence that the productivity clusters for total economy and … other sectors are very different in terms of number and countries. Additionally, even if the productivity gaps in the region …

Economic performance and productivity varies considerably by region in Germany. Overall, efficiency levels are higher … productivity. To a considerable extent, the disparities between East and West are an expression of rural vs. urban discrepancies …

, productivity growth has been slowing down in all developed economies. At the same time, however, studies have found that a handfull … of highly productive companies continue to record above-average productivity growth. Hence, the authors observe … differences in productivity levels across businesses even within narrowly defined sectors. This paper surveys recent empirical …