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productivity of this set of countries, which we will call the EU-
6, relative to U.S. productivity. Productivity rose to the U ….S. level for the EU-6 over the
subsequent 30 years.
Figure 1: EU-6 Labor Productivity as Percent of US (1900-2006)
1900
1920 …
1940
1960
1980
2000
50 60 70 80 90
100 110
EU-6
Belgium France Italy Luxemburg Netherlands West Germany
The blip in the …