@article {1196411,
	title = {The Middle Productivity Trap: Dynamics of Productivity Dispersion},
	year = {2017},
	abstract = {Using a worldwide firm-level panel dataset I document a "U-shaped"\&nbsp;relationship between productivity growth and baseline levels within\&nbsp;each country and industry. That is, fast productivity growth is concentrated\&nbsp;at both ends of the productivity distribution. This resultserves as a potential explanation to two stylized facts documented in\&nbsp;the economic literature: the rising productivity dispersion within narrowly\&nbsp;defined sectors, and the increasing market share of few yet highly\&nbsp;productive firms.},
	author = {Dany Bahar}
}
