This paper provides new evidence on how the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) affects productivity and … exogenous technological exposure. Our results show that AI adoption increases the level of labor productivity by 4 …%. Productivity gains are due to capital deepening, as we find no adverse effects on firm-level employment. This suggests that AI …

and firm productivity in South Africa. During the apartheid era (1948-1994), job reservations, closed-shop agreements, and … misallocation compared to unaffected counterparts. In contrast, we find no significant differences in average firm productivity in …

standard indicators and broader dimensions of structural change. It then examines the contribution of ST to productivity growth … faster expansion of services as income rises. Structural transformation has contributed positively to productivity growth …, largely through labor reallocation out of agriculture. Agriculture shows the largest productivity gaps relative to the United …

Europe. This would arise if lower productivity sectors began to account for an increasing share of output which would then … put downward pressure on the prospective growth rate of aggregate productivity (Baumol, 1967 & 2012). This has reemerged … lower-productivity services such as health and social care. Our results show that although there is some evidence of the …

Recent evidence suggests that Chinese imports negatively impact firm-level productivity growth in the EU. We argue that … results. We find that an increase in Chinese import intensity positively affects catching up to a productivity frontier …. However, the productivity growth of firms operating in less technologically advanced sectors is adversely affected by an …

forecasting and automation, its relation with average productivity growth remain highly heterogeneous across firms. This paper …' productivity growth rates. Using firm-level data from the 2019 French ICT survey, we provide robust evidence that AI use is …