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Convergence of Firm-Level Productivity, Globalisation, Information Technology and Competition: Evidence from France

Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

productive. The formers' convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … level. This article sheds light on this convergence process in the 1990s and the 2000s in France and on some of the factors … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

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In brief: Business cycle blues

Keulenaer, Femke De; Neve, Jan-Emmanuel De; Kavetsos, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

People do not psychologically benefit from economic expansions nearly as much as they suffer from recessions, according to research by JanEmmanuel De Neve and colleagues.

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Productivity and ICT: A Review of the Evidence

Draca, Mirko; Sadun, Raffaella; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

We survey the micro and macro literature on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on productivity. The "Solow Paradox" of the absence of an impact of ICT on productivity no longer holds, if it ever did. Both growth accounting and econometric evidence suggest an...

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The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data

Keulenaer, Femke De; Neve, Jan-Emmanuel De; Kavetsos, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? Using subjective well-being data, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth is experienced. We find that measures of life satisfaction and affect are more than twice as sensitive to...

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