productivity

(Un)ease of doing business: How congested courts hinder firm productivity

Congestion in Indian courts of justice distorts firms’ organisation and sourcing decisions and lowers aggregate productivity

Institutions & Political Economy

Johannes Boehm Ezra Oberfield

Published

07.02.19

On financial frictions and the rule of law in development

Weak rule of law institutions distort establishments’ decisions and magnify financial frictions, contributing to substantial productivity losses

Institutions & Political Economy

Ashantha Ranasinghe Diego Restuccia

Published

05.10.18

Should we try to do away with job referrals?

Evidence from the garment industry in Bangladesh shows that it is not obvious that policymakers should try to limit the role of referrals in job hiring

Firms

Rachel Heath

Published

28.09.18

Ideas for development

Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity

Public Economics

Robin Burgess

Published

08.08.18

Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data

Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities

Migration & Urbanisation

Joan Hicks Marieke Kleemans Nicholas Li Edward Miguel

Published

30.07.18

Do management interventions last?

Management interventions are shown to have significant and positive short-term effects. But do these effects still persist 8 years later?

Firms

Nicholas Bloom

Published

13.06.18

Productivity and energy-saving technology

Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker

Energy & Environment

Anant Nyshadham

Published

01.06.18