these tasks are designed to be used by skilled workers, productivity in the LDCs will be low. Even when all countries have … factor productivity and output per worker. Our theory also suggests that productivity differences should be highest in medium … effect on the direction of technical change and on productivity differences …

An observed positive relationship between compensation and productivity cannot distinguish between two channels: (1) an …

productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of … different innovations on labor productivity: Organizational innovation has the largest effect followed by process innovation …

Productivity differences across firms and countries are surprisingly large and persistent. Recent research reveals that … the country-level distributions of productivity and quality of management are strikingly similar, suggesting that … management practices may play a key role in the determination of worker and firm productivity. Understanding the causal impacts …