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Creative Destruction and Productivity Growth in an Emerging Economy Evidence from Slovenian Manufacturing
De Loecker, Jan; Konings, Jozef - 2003
destruction. This indicates that restructuring in Slovenia involves a substantial reallocation process. We find higher job … reallocation in private and small firms where the contribution of entry and exit to the job reallocation process is higher. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313258
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Creative Destruction and Productivity Growth in an Emerging Economy : Evidence from Slovenian Manufacturing
De Loecker, Jan; Konings, Jozef - 2021
destruction. This indicates that restructuring in Slovenia involves a substantial reallocation process. We find higher job … reallocation in private and small firms where the contribution of entry and exit to the job reallocation process is higher. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319579
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in a Post-Socialist Economy : Evidence from Slovenian Manufacturing
De Loecker, Jan - 2009
This paper studies whether job reallocation in Slovenia, a post-socialist economy, has been associated with gains in … total factor productivity (TFP). We document the importance of entry and exit in job reallocation and show that TFP has … job destruction by state firms and reallocation of employment to private firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766946
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Understanding the contributions of reallocation to productivity growth: lessons from a comparative firm-level analysis
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2008
We analyze comprehensive manufacturing firm data to measure the contribution of inter-firm employment reallocation to … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … observed in market economies. Early in transition, faster reform is associated with larger contributions from reallocation, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268767
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Creative destruction and productivity growth in an emerging economy : evidence from Slovenian manufacturing
De Loecker, Jan (contributor); Konings, Jozef (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001877075
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Multi-product firms and product basket adjustments in Ethiopian manufacturing
Shiferaw, Admasu - 2010
This paper analyzes firm level adjustment of the product mix and its implications for aggregate output growth. Using firm level panel data from Ethiopian manufacturing during the period 1996-2007, it shows that about 30% of firms adjust their "extensive margin" annually by adding and/or dropping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343904
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Entry, Exit, and Aggregate Productivity Growth : Micro Evidence on Korean Manufacturing
Hahn, Chin Hee - 2000
, respectively. This study also shows that plant birth and death are mainly a process of resource reallocation from plants with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445716
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Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mengistae, Taye; Pattillo, Catherine A. - 2021
Analysis of firm-level panel data from three sub-Saharan African economies shows that exporting manufacturers have a total factor productivity premium of 11-28 percent. The data do not allow testing of whether these premiums are caused by selection of more efficient producers into exporting or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317891
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Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment : Evidence from Vietnamese Firm Data
Nguyen, Lan Phi - 2008
The paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on a domestic firm's productivity in Vietnamese manufacturing industries. In contrast with most previous studies, the paper focuses on the FDI spillover effects taking place through both horizontal and vertical linkages and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219819
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A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform
Bai, Chong-En; Li, David D.; Tao, Zhigang; Wang, Yijiang - 2001
During transition, maintaining employment and providing a social safety net to the unemployed are important to social stability, which in turn is crucial for the productivity of the whole economy. Because independent institutions for social safety are lacking and firms with strong profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014144003