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

    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...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10771 Date du document: 15 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio,Lee,Kyungmin,Gomes Nogueira,Caroline

  • Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil (anglais)

    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...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10454 Date du document: 25 mai 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

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

    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...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 180732 Date du document: 1 février 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Gomes Nogueira,Caroline,Lakhtakia,Shruti,Farji Weiss,Steven

  • Firms’ Digitalization during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Tale of Two Stories (anglais)

    The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of businesses. Using a unique global panel dataset, this paper documents the patterns of digital adoption during the pandemic across firms in...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10284 Date du document: 25 janvier 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Avalos Almanza,Edgar Itamar,Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Iacovone,Leonardo,Medvedev,Denis,Nayyar,Gaurav,Reyes Ortega,Santiago

  • Deconstructing the Missing Middle : Informality and Growth of Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

    This paper characterizes the firm size distribution by exploiting establishment-level censuses covering both formal and informal firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds a "missing middle" in the employment-based...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10233 Date du document: 16 novembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Abreha,Kaleb Girma,Cirera,Xavier,Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin,Fattal Jaef,Roberto N.,Maemir,Hibret Belete

  • Deconstructing the Missing Middle : Informality and Growth of Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

    This paper uses a novel firm-level dataset and finds a missing middle in the employment based firm size distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries. This missing middle hinges on the inclusion of...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 180518 Date du document: 3 octobre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Abreha,Kaleb Girma,Cirera,Xavier,Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin,Fattal Jaef,Roberto N.,Maemir,Hibret Belete


  • Bridging the Technological Divide : Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries (anglais)

    Poverty reduction and shared prosperity can be achieved only with sustained growth. But the global economy is increasingly vulnerable to global shocks. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its devastating...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173395 Date du document: 30 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose


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

    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...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173398 Date du document: 5 avril 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Martinez, Pedro,Soares Martins Neto,Antonio

  • Digital Divide Across Firms through COVID-19 : A Tale of Two Stories (anglais)

    COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of businesses. Using a unique global panel dataset, this paper documents the patterns of digital adoption across firms in 38 mostly developing...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173399 Date du document: 1 avril 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Cirera,Xavier

  • Technology and Resilience (anglais)

    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...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9949 Date du document: 1 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,Torres Coronado,Jesica

  • Explaining Differences in the Returns to R&D in Argentina : The Role of Contextual Factors (anglais)

    Argentinean firms’ investments in R&D are well below its regional peers. One potential explanation for this fact is the existence of low and heterogeneous returns for these investments. This paper uses...

    Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 185241 Date du document: 31 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Arza,Valeria Luciana,Cirera,Xavier,López, Emanuel,Colonna,Agustina

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

    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...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173397 Date du document: 1 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 (anglais)

    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...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 173394 Date du document: 1 novembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Comin,Diego Adolfo,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Lee,Kyungmin,National Bureau of Economic Research

  • Firm Recovery during COVID-19 : Six Stylized Facts (anglais)

    Building on prior work that documented the impact of COVID-19 on firms in developing countries using the first wave of Business Pulse Surveys, this paper presents a new set of stylized facts on firm recovery...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9810 Date du document: 18 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cirera,Xavier,Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose,Grover,Arti Goswami,Iacovone,Leonardo,Medvedev,Denis,Pereira Lopez,Mariana De La Paz,Reyes,Santiago




  • Vietnam - Science, Technology, and Innovation Report (anglais)

    The science, technology, and innovation (STI) report provide analytical support for Vietnam’s upcoming ten-year STI strategy 2021-2030 and the socio-economic development strategy (SEDS) 2021-2030. The...

    Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 163327 Date du document: 14 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akhlaque,Asya,Frias,Jaime Andres Uribe,Cirera,Xavier,Dinlemez,Useyd