12-November-2016
English
4-November-2016
German
Produktivitätswachstum in Deutschland Wege aus der Sackgasse
This report focuses on productivity growth in Germany
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1-October-2016
English
Management Practices and Productivity in Germany
This paper, by Sandra Broszeit, Ursula Fritsch, Holger Görg, and Marie-Christine Laible, shows a robust positive and economically important association between the management score and establishment level productivity in Germany.
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1-September-2016
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Financial Constraint and Productivity: Evidence from Canadian SMEs
Staff Working Paper 2016-44 from Bank of Canada This paper measures the likelihood of financial constraints being binding using information on financing activities and outcomes in a survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada in 2011.
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26-July-2016
English
Insolvency Regimes And Productivity Growth - A Framework For Analysis
This paper develops an analytical framework to identify the policies relevant for firm exit and the channels through which they shape aggregate productivity growth.
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7-July-2016
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Could Mexico become the new ‘China’? Policy drivers of competitiveness and productivity
The aim of this paper is two-fold: first, we examine the evolution of total factor productivity in Mexico’s manufacturing sector, as compared to China’s. Second, using regional data for the period 2005–2012, we study the policy impediments behind sluggish productivity improvements, particularly to determine how labour informality may have contributed.
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1-July-2016
English
The empirics of agglomeration economies: The link with productivity
For policy makers it is important to understand the role of agglomeration economies at a more micro level, disentangling the effects across industries, firm-level characteristics and time. The present survey reviews this literature, outlining the econometric approaches and methodological challenges.
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8-June-2016
English
Links between weak investment and the slowdown in productivity and potential output growth across the OECD
The OECD framework for estimating potential output is combined with previous OECD empirical research to analyse the causes of recent weak productivity growth.
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2-June-2016
English
Contribution of Trade and Investment to increased Productivity, Growth, Jobs and Inclusiveness
Given the important role that trade and investment can play in increasing productivity, strengthening innovation, increasing wages and improving working conditions, current low trade growth and below average FDI flows are worrying. This paper provides a series of recommendations to ensure that trade and investment stimulate economic growth to the fullest extent possible.
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1-June-2016
English
Young Firms and Industry Dynamics in Belgium
This paper reviews the empirical cross-country evidence, provides some additional analysis of the role of young firms in industry-level employment and productivity dynamics in Belgium and concludes with a discussion of the implications for economic policy.