This paper explores the causes of India's productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic … of existing businesses rather than new entrants or consumers. A relatively small shift elicited a large productivity …

During the course of development, wages and labor productivity are much higher in the nonfarm sectors of the economy … than in agriculture. In this paper, we examine the sources and consequences of wage and productivity gaps in the U.S. from … non-farm labor productivity growth, schooling, and fertility in the U.S. The family farm emerges as an important …

is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant … contributor to higher growth (through both capital accumulation and productivity) and lower output volatility, and in man …

supply factors such as productivity gains, materialized after long-fought restructuring efforts during the lost decade …