Labor productivity growth has decelerated in the Baltic economies during the past two decades, with the downturn accelerating in recent years. This Selected Issues Paper analyzes the roles of ...

The paper investigates the effect of state ownership on efficiency of firms using an econometric model that allows for the separation of technical from allocative efficiency in a dynamic setting. The ...

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In this paper we apply the profit function method to examine the differences in resource use efficiency between educated and uneducated farmers in paddy production. Empirical results from farm level ...

Port efficiency remains a critical area of study within maritime economics, with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) emerging as a pivotal methodological tool. DEA provides a non-parametric framework for ...

Latvia's economy has faced challenges in competitiveness, with labor productivity growth slowing over the past two decades. This paper analyzes labor productivity growth in Latvia and the Baltic ...