manufacturing where we confirm earlier results of no relationship. …

This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy are affected by violence due to drug trafficking. Employing rich … utilization. Resilience to violence differs widely across different types of employment within firms and across firms with … of the most affected firms and the channels through which they are affected. …

Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated …, such patterns are absent. -- technology ; computers ; cell-phones ; business obstacles ; Kenya ; firms ; female owners … significant positive impacts on productivity as measured by value-added per worker, especially for firms with female principal …

that over time, either firms learn about worker productivity but productivity remains fixed or workers' productivities … idiosyncratically over time, implying firms must continuously learn about a moving target. Therefore, while the majority of pay …

analysis. Median value-added per employee is over thirty times higher in South Korean than in Ghanaian manufacturing firms. We … productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro …