Determinants of Agricultural Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan’s Economy

Structural Changes and the Index of Economic Well-being: Empirical Evidence from the Iranian Economy

It is a well-established empirical fact that economic growth and development brings about major changes in sectorial output, employment, and consumption structure. In the context of economic development discussion, structural change refers to the change in key components of macroeconomic indicators, including national production and expenditure, exports and imports, population, and the sectoria...

The Trade-Productivity Nexus in the European Economy Empirical Evidence from Firm Level Data

schungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft, or FIW for short) organised the 15th FIW-Workshop which was dedicated to 'The Trade-Productivity Nexus in the European Economy', focusing on empirical evidence from firm level data. The Workshop took place on the premises of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and was attended by a mixed audience of academics and policy ma...

The impact of Irrigation on Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from India

How Do Agricultural Subsectors Respond to Productivity Shocks? Evidence from a Bayesian DSGE Model in Iran

Understanding the dynamics of productivity shocks is instrumental if we are to identify the sources of economic growth. This paper, investigates dynamic effects of positives productivity shocks to agricultural subsectors during the period from 1991-2015, by disaggregating agricultural sector in Iran into four key subsectors (crops, livestock, fishing and forestry) through an estimated DSGE mode...

Seasonal liquidity constraints and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Zambia

Small-scale farming remains the primary source of income for a majority of the population in developing countries. In rainfed agricultural settings, income typically arrives only once a year. To meet consumption and investment needs over the subsequent months in the absence of formal financial markets, households adopt a range of coping strategies. Two common strategies are reducing food consum...