fertility, and lower investment in physical and human capital. Furthermore, the feedback effect from economic prosperity to …

productivity catch-up is rejected. A number of potential `ultimate' causes behind the slowdown are explored. An increasingly …

overall production strategy and productivity trends. In the United States a strategy of standardized mass production led to … high levels of labour productivity and concentration on the development of managerial capabilities, but neglect of the …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective. …

fixed investment that became excessive and proved to be unsustainable, while the productivity acceleration helps to account … productivity growth linked to the delayed effects of previously invented 'general purpose technologies' stimulated an increase in …-01 collapse of investment and the stock market proves that good public policy matters, going beyond the narrowly defined …

employment relationship, enhanced by employment protection, is also favourable to the productivity of the job. We analyse … employment protection focusing on this trade-off between adjustment costs and productivity. We show that from a welfare point of …