Erosa, Andrés (contributor); Gilbert, R. Alton (contributor) - 2006
total-factor-productivity (TFP) elasticity of output per worker of 2.8. This implies that a factor of 3 difference in TFP is …--as observed in the data between rich and poor countries. The implied difference in TFP is in the range of estimates from micro … from earnings of immigrants in the United States. We also find that TFP has substantial effects on cross …