GDP per capita in Lithuania rose from one third to two thirds of the OECD average level between 1995 and 2014, despite internal and external crises. Productivity catch-up was critical to this process, although the level of labour productivity also remains around one-third below the OECD average....

Swiss GDP per capita stands amongst the top OECD performers. However, to face medium-term challenges productivity developments will be key to allow the country to maintain its enviable position. Recent trends have not been favourable, with productivity growth underperforming peer countries....

For many countries the Industrial Revolution was an opportunity for a dynamic economic development, but it was accompanied by deep social changes. Inequali-ties between regions have deepened, pollution has increased and also conjunctural fluctuations have intensified. In contemporary view at the...

This paper examines the interrelations between self-employment and unemployment rates for Spain in the period 1972-2004, comparing them with the general pattern observed for OECD countries. We apply the model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van Stel and Thurik (2005) to Spain. The divergence...

160 anniversary of academician Ivan Evstratiev Geshov.

Die italienische Wirtschaft hat nach kräftiger Expansion im ersten Quartal während des Sommerhalbjahres stagniert. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt erhöhte sich 2001 um 1,8%. Die Arbeitslosenquote ging im Jahresdurchschnitt auf 9,5% zurück. Die Verbraucherpreise lagen um 2,3% über dem Niveau...