Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … productivity suggest that for Bulgaria closing the gap with EU standards in the areas of institutional and infrastructure quality …

productivity convergence among euro area countries. While no convergence can be found on the aggregate level, selected service … sectors and manufacturing sub-industries indicate evidence of convergence. In a search for factors influencing productivity …

The productivity slowdown has been analysed as an effect of weaker technological progress, of the digital economy or of … frontier, productivity has accelerated, especially over the recent period, which contradicts the hypothesis of a decline in …' productivity does not seem to have slowed down in the 2000s, which does not confirm the hypothesis of a decrease in the …

productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying … of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical …

This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of …

potential candidate countries. The analysis reveals that total factor productivity growth has been the main driver of … negative link between the initial level of GDP and subsequent growth. Labour productivity has improved in most countries, while … are needed in terms of labour productivity and utilisation, as well as in terms of physical and human capital accumulation …

I estimate establishment level total factor productivity (TFP) convergence using panel data from India's manufacturing … sector from 2001-2015. I examine the presence of foreign owned establishments within each industry's productivity frontier …, and allow for the speed of productivity convergence to differ based on the ownership composition of the frontier. While I …

This paper compares two alternative growth paths, assessing the effects on productivity of specialisation in natural … exports either of natural resources or of technological products, and compare their role in productivity growth by GMM …-up in productivity. Technological specialisation, especially in products typical of the Fourth Industrial Revolution …