This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …

uses panel data models based on generalizations of Gibrat's law, total factor productivity estimates and matching methods …

productivity (TFP) of African manufacturing firms. This measure is understood to include quality in the provision of customs … TFP, and allocative efficiency. For each country the impact is evaluated based on 10 different productivity measures … doing business, firm perceptions of growth bottlenecks, and the concept of demeaned productivity (Olley and Pakes 1996). The …

The results of this paper challenge the conventional wisdom in the literature that productivity plays no role in the … productivity growth is twice as large as the conventional total factor productivity (TFP) measures. Using a standard growth … productivity growth, Hsieh (1999) challenged Young's findings using the dual approach. But all of these papers maintained the …

Productivity, and the Rybczynski effects of factor endowments, have been highlighted as the two main reasons behind the … productivity, and factor endowments to sectoral growth. The results show that both are important. But productivity is more …

productivity (TFP) gain resulting from their removal. Market distortions in the manufacturing sector in Morocco are higher compared …

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed … inputs display higher productivity, with the effects mostly concentrated among smaller plants with fewer than 50 employees … a more modest link to productivity outcomes. …

entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major …

This note presents the results of an empirical analysis of firm-level productivity growth in Russia's manufacturing … Performance surveys (BEEPs). The results show that productivity grew steadily between 2003 and 2008, with an annual growth rate … characteristics such as size, location, age, and the structure of firm ownership are important determinants of productivity, as …