We analyse the impact of innovation activity and product and labour market institutions on multi-factor productivity in … convergence in productivity levels within most industries across OECD countries. Convergence is however stronger in services than … of innovation activity (proxied by R&D expenditure) on productivity depends on market structure and technological …

accumulation, a surge in hours worked, and faster growth of total factor productivity. The acceleration of productivity growth …

the US productivity revival and in the evolving US-EU productivity gap. In Israel, the ICT sector grew very rapidly during … productivity growth remained sluggish, with traditional sectors both in manufacturing and services seemingly unable to benefit from …

Impressive productivity performance during the last decades has weakened since 2007, reflecting the 2008-09 recession … raise long term productivity growth need to be pursued. Current project-based R&D-support and business subsidies seem … quality rather than block grants. Productivity performance could be enhanced by exposing sectors like health provision …

Despite sound policies and institutions, Danish productivity has grown modestly over the past decade, both historically …

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is … probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly … regulations across states would boost competition and productivity. …

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …