Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process? (English)

This paper identifies and estimates the impact of firm entry and exit on plant-level productivity in Ethiopia as part of a selection mechanism that might be driving aggregate productivity growth in cities. Specifically, the paper investigates how firms’ entry and exit contribute to the pace of factor reallocation and total factor productivity growth within industries—and whether these processes occur in higher numbers and rates in larger cities. The...

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Jones,Patricia;

Mengistae,Taye Alemu;

Zeufack,Albert G.;
Document Date
2018/01/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8291
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ethiopia,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/01/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process?
Keywords
total factor productivity growth

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Jones,Patricia; Mengistae,Taye Alemu; Zeufack,Albert G..

Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8291 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613111514905269837

Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process? (English)

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