Explaining Agricultural Productivity Levels and Growth: An International Perspective [PDF]
With persistent population growth, a dwindling supply of arable land per capita, and the relatively high income elasticity of demand for food in developing countries, there is a growing need for food supply increases to originate from growth in ...
D.S. Prasada Rao +2 more
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Performance in Consumer Financial Services Organizations: Framework and Results from the Pilot Study [PDF]
Financial services comprise over 4 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States and employ over 5.4 million people. By offering vehicles for investment of savings, extension of credit and risk management, they fuel the modern capitalistic ...
Frances X. Frei +2 more
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Firm dynamics in the Cambodian garment industry: firm turnover, productivity growth, and wage profile under trade liberalization [PDF]
The international garment trade was liberalized in 2005 following the termination of the MFA (Multifibre Arrangement) and ever since then, price competition has intensified.
Asuyama, Yoko +4 more
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Discussion of "The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis using Long-Run Restrictions" by Neville Francis and Valerie A. Ramey [PDF]
This paper discusses the paper "The Source of Historical Economic Fluctuations: An Analysis using Long-Run Restrictions" by Neville Francis and Valerie A. Ramey.
Harald Uhlig
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Optimal minimum wage in a competitive economy [PDF]
This paper studies the use of a minimum wage law to implement the optimal redistribution policy when a distorting tax-transfer scheme is also available. The authors build a static general equilibrium model with a Ramsey planner making decisions on taxes,
Arantza Gorostiaga +1 more
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Assessing the impact of the investment climate on productivity using firm-level data : methodology and the cases of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua [PDF]
Developing countries are increasingly concerned about improving country competitiveness and productivity as they face the increasing pressures of globalization and attempt to improve economic growth and reduce poverty.
Escribano, Alvaro, Guasch, J. Luis
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Learning-by-doing, learning-by-exporting, and productivity : evidence from Colombia [PDF]
The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been inconclusive so far. The authors explain this inconclusiveness by drawing on Arrow's (1962) characterization of learning-by-doing, which ...
Fernandes, Ana M., Isgut, Alberto E.
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Lessons from the latest data on U.S. productivity [PDF]
Productivity growth is carefully scrutinized by macroeconomists because it plays key roles in understanding private savings behaviour, the sources of macroeconomic shocks, the evolution of international competitiveness and the solvency of public pension ...
Jan P.A.M Jacobs, Simon van Norden
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