Do Productivity Laggards Ever Catch Up With Leaders?

The paper focuses on trends in the convergence of labor and multifactor productivity in Russia. Using firm‐level data for the period 2011–2016, we show that firms with low‐productivity grow faster than those with high‐productivity. This result is, however, mostly driven by new entrants. The catch‐up...

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Published in:The Review of income and wealth 2022-04, Vol.68 (S1), p.S71-S107
Main Authors: Bessonova, Evguenia, Tsvetkova, Anna
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productivity gap
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stochastic frontier analysis
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stochastic frontier analysis
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σ‐convergence
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