f rom the viewpoint of economic theories, total factor productivity (tfp) is the most important component that leads to economic growth and development. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of knowledge-based economy on total factor productivity in the member countries of the middle east and north africa (mena) region. for this purpose, the panel data regression analysis ha...

the aim of this paper is to analyze total factor productivity (tfp) growth and its components in asian countries applying stochastic frontier analysis (sfa) to the time series data of 44 asian countries from 2000 to 2010. using battese and coelli approach, tfp is divided into technical efficiency change and technical change. tfp decomposition using sfa method for the years 1998 to 2007 indicate...

This paper investigates labor productivity growth and the contribution to labor productivity growth in Swedish manufacturing during electrification and the ICT revolution. The paper distinguishes between technology-producing, intensive and less intensive technology-using industries during these technological breakthroughs. The results show that labor productivity growth and the overall contribu...

We examine the effects of technology on productivity growth by disaggregating total output into sectoral components, exploring the roles of investment and technology on productivity growth for countries in different income groups. We find that for low-income countries, investment is the most important determinant of productivity growth. While investment plays an important role in determining pr...

abstract in this paper,using a structural decomposition analysis (sda) and the latest available input-output tables we investigate the sources of labor productivity growth in norway, south korea and iran. then, the contribution of each source in the growth of labor productivity is discussed. the results show that among six factors, value added coefficient is the most influencing factoracross al...

We investigate the findings in several recent studies using plantlevel data that report negative growth in the reallocation component of aggregate labor productivity growth. This empirical finding is also counter to almost all theoretical models of aggregate productivity growth, where inputs reallocate on average from the lower value to higher value activities. We attempt to solve this puzzle f...

Productivity growth has been quite strong over the past 21⁄2 years, despite a drop in the second quarter of 2010. Many analysts believe that productivity growth must slow sharply in order for the labor market to recover robustly. However, looking at the observable factors underlying recent productivity growth and the patterns of productivity over past recessions and recoveries, a sharp slowdown...

The nation’s economic growth following the recession of 2001 has often been characterized as a jobless recovery. While many point to the off-shoring of jobs to explain low job growth in the United States, a more important factor has been the acceleration of productivity improvements within the domestic economy. In the short run, an increase in productivity growth can cause social tensions as wo...

Using detailed micro data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector; we examine whether participation in international trade affects establishments' productivity. Establishments participating in exports or imports have relatively high levels of productivity. Furthermore, the results suggest that establishments engaged in exports have shown comparable high productivity growth. The larger the shar...

the purpose of this study has been to study eterminants of growth, labor productivity and poverty in rural areas of iran. the contribution of agriculture and rural development to pro-poor growth.stem from many sources: it plays an important, and often a lead, role in the early stages of pro-poor growth. beyond its direct contribution to growth, a number of features specific to the sector enhanc...