This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve … forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity … to build times-series components that capture the joint dynamics of the firm-level productivity and size distributions …

This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve … forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity … to build times-series components that capture the joint dynamics of the firm-level productivity and size distributions …

variable productivity. The analysis was carried out using the definitions of absolute ß convergence and s convergence, and … years, with a decelerating tendency since 1990. In addition, the distributions of annual productivity and GDP were estimated …

inproductivity. Indeed, between 1960 and 1980 productivity gains increased output perworker by nearly 1% per year. Since 1980 …, productivity losses have reduced output perworker at about the same rate. The time series analysis suggests that the implosion … and productivity. This explanation is supportedby cross-country evidence that shows that Colombia´s underperformance …

rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom …

rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom …

rates of productivity growth and, to a smaller degree, physical and human capital accumulation. Finally, economic freedom …