Sources of firm-level heterogeneity in labour productivity in Egypt’s manufacturing sector
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Labour productivity; Competitiveness; Heterogeneity; Egypt; Manufacturing; Mixture model;All these keywords.
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- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
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