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Tariffs, productivity, and resource misallocationAn often-neglected potential negative consequence of tariffs is the impact they may have on the misallocation of factor inputs...
Tariffs Productivity MisallocationBlog
Conflict-prone countries are not doomed to an eternal trapThe situation of Afghanistan has drawn a picture of a poor, conflict-prone, doomed country. But this does not have to be the case...
Least Developed Countries Productivity Sustainable developmentTechnical Note
Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms 2010–17: CIT-IRP5 panel v4.0We update Kreuser and Newman’s (2018) total factor productivity estimates for the South African manufacturing sector using administrative data from 2009–17. We use standard implementations of the Ackerberg et al...
Total factor productivity Administrative data Manufacturing firmsWorking Paper
The relative neglect of agriculture in MozambiqueThis paper explores agricultural performance of Mozambique, its institutional weaknesses, and the underlying factors that underpin an unsatisfactory performance during many decades...
Agriculture Environment InstitutionsWorking Paper
Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: Empirical evidence from NigeriaThe lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and persi...
Information technology Informal sector ProductivityPolicy Brief
The economic gains of reducing the employment gender gap in MoroccoMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, including Morocco, currently record the lowest rates of female labour force participation (FLFP) in the world...
Female labour force participation Gender gap EmploymentWorking Paper
How good are manufacturing jobs in Myanmar?: Evidence from matched employer–employee dataThe quality of people’s jobs is a fundamental determinant of their well-being, and judging the state of a labour market on the basis of job quantity alone delivers a very partial picture...
job quality Productivity Working conditionsWorking Paper
Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar’s manufacturing sector: Evidence from two matched employer–employee surveysWe look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar...
Business Management Productivity
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GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database presented at STEG conferenceOn 13 January 2021, Gaaitzen de Vries , researcher at the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) and UNU-WIDER, presented new research findings on industrialization patterns in developing economies at the online annual conference of the...
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Formalization and productivity: Firm-level evidence from Viet NamUsing a firm-level panel dataset on private small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam’s manufacturing sector, this paper examines productivity dynamics of formal and informal firms...
Formalization Productivity Firm productivityWorking Paper
Effects of productivity growth on domestic savings across countries: Disentangling the roles of trend and cycleResource mobilization continues to be an important policy challenge for developing economies, raising questions as to what determines differences in saving behaviour across countries...
Saving Productivity GrowthWorking Paper
Exporters and global value chain participation: Firm-level evidence from South AfricaUsing the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009–17, this paper investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa...
Global value chains Learning by exporting ProductivityWorking Paper
Influence of institutional factors on the performance of the agricultural sector in MozambiqueThis paper is a review of the institutions and the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, using an analysis table adapted to the assessment of the connections between the institutions and economic development...
Agriculture Environment InstitutionsJournal Article
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculturePart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Viet Nam Agriculture MisallocationWorking Paper
Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics: Evidence from a half-century analysisThis paper explores the contribution of structural change and the skill upgrading of the labour force to productivity...
MENA Productivity Skills