job creation in the US, is its slower productivity growth. This paper begins with data showing that US productivity growth … has been essentially zero since 1973 outside of manufacturing. In contrast, productivity growth in US manufacturing has …

panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …

productivity. These results suggest a new direction for policy that focuses on instruments to enhance entrepreneurship capital. …

There has been considerable controversy over the apparent slowdown in productivity growth in Britain and in other … industrial countries over 1971-80 and the apparent speed up in at least British productivity growth over 1980-83. This paper … data for 1956-83. This makes it possible to distinguish cyclical movements in productivity caused by variations in labour …

Sweden is home to a remarkably large number of prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of … regulations and controls have facilitated investment abroad by Swedish firms, while impeding foreign direct investment in Sweden … investment abroad, but opposed foreign investment in Sweden. This paper outlines the development of Swedish foreign investment …

The paper provides SVAR estimates for four open economies: the UK, Canada, Sweden and Denmark, making explicit a … another: monetary union appears easy to recommend for Sweden and Denmark, much less so for Canada and the UK. …

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …