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  • The Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivity (English)

    This paper explores new firm-level data to examine the gender gap in technology adoption and the associated effect on firm performance. The data show a small difference in technology sophistication between...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10771 Document Date: May 15, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio,Lee,Kyungmin,Gomes Nogueira,Caroline

  • Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil (English)

    There is limited evidence on the role of participating in international trade in the diffusion of technologies. This paper analyzes the impact of exporting on firms’ adoption of more sophisticated technologies...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10454 Document Date: May 25, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Understanding Firm-level Adoption of Technology in Ethiopia (English)

    Over the last two decades, Ethiopia has achieved remarkable progress toward social and economic development. A growing economy with a population of over 100 million located in the conflict-affected Horn...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 180732 Document Date: February 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Gomes Nogueira,Caroline,Lakhtakia,Shruti,Farji Weiss,Steven

  • Firm - Level Adoption of Technologies in Kenya (English)

    Technology is key to boost productivity and generate more and better-quality jobs in Kenya. This paper uses a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it to a representative...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173398 Document Date: April 5, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Martinez, Pedro,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Technology and Resilience (English)

    This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. It exploits a unique data set covering firms from Brazil...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9949 Document Date: March 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Torres Coronado,Jesica

  • NBER Working Paper Series : Technology and Resilience (English)

    This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. A unique data covering firms from Brazil, Senegal, and Vietnam...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173397 Document Date: January 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Cirera,Xavier,Lee,Kyungmin,Torres Coronado,Jesica,National Bureau of Economic Research

  • NBER Working Paper Series : Anatomy of Technology in the Firm (English)

    Detailed data was collected on the technologies used in a comprehensive set of business functions in a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceará, and measures...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173394 Document Date: November 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,National Bureau of Economic Research

  • Firm-level Technology Adoption in Malawi’s Formal Sector (English)

    Technology adoption is key to boost productivity growth and poverty reduction in Malawi. This paper describes a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies to a sample of...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173396 Document Date: June 18, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Firm-Level Adoption of Technologies in Senegal (English)

    Technology is key to boost productivity and generate more and better quality jobs in Senegal. This paper uses a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it to a representative...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9657 Document Date: May 12, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin

  • Firm-Level Technology Adoption in the State of Ceara in Brazil (English)

    This paper uses a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it to a representative sample of firms in the state of Ceará in Brazil. The paper develops a new measure of...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9568 Document Date: March 8, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Firm-Level Technology Adoption in Vietnam (English)

    This paper describes the results of a new firm survey to measure technology use and adoption implemented prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. It analyzes the use and adoption of technology among...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9567 Document Date: March 8, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya on Firms : Rapid Response Phone Survey Round One (English)

    The COVID-19 pandemic has severe impacts on the Kenyan economy and society as a whole. This report analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Kenya based on a nationally representative Business Pulse...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 156787 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Haynes,Alastair Peter Francis,Torres Coronado,Jesica,Lee,Kyungmin

  • Technology Within and Across Firms (English)

    This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9476 Document Date: November 16, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin

  • NBER Working Paper Series : Technology Within and Across Firms (English)

    Economists and sociologists have long been interested in studying the technologies involved in production. For this report, data was collected on the sophistication of technologies used at the business...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 173393 Document Date: November 2, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,National Bureau of Economic Research