Productivity Growth in Europe

This paper tests whether structural or firm-specific characteristics contributed more to (labor) productivity growth in the European Union between 2003 and 2008. It combines the Amadeus firm-level data on productivity and firm characteristics with...

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Main Authors:	Dall'Olio, Andrea, Iootty, Mariana, Kanehira, Naoto, Saliola, Federica
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AFFILIATES ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BANDWIDTH BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC METALS BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS REGULATIONS BUSINESS_OPERATIONS BUSINESSES COMPANY COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT CURRENCY UNITS DEFLATION DEFLATORS DELIVERY OF GOODS DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUALIZATION EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATES EXPANSION EXPORTS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME STATEMENTS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION JOINT VENTURE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS MACROECONOMIC GROWTH MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET ENTRY MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MERGER MICROENTERPRISES MIGRATION MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NEW MARKETS OPEN ACCESS OPEN ECONOMIES OVERHEAD COSTS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PERFORMANCES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS REGULATORY REFORM REGULATORY REGIMES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE SEARCH SHAREHOLDERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL FIRMS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY TAXATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEB WORKING HOURS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17709669/productivity-growth-europe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15584

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15584

Productivity Growth in Europe

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