This paper provides three perspectives on long-run growth rates of labor productivity (LP) and of multi …-factor productivity (MFP) for the U. S. economy. It extracts statistical growth trends for labor productivity from quarterly data for the …

IT are more productive, and if heavier users of IT are indeed more productive, how does this increase in productivity …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US “productivity miracle” is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

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 …

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. …

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 …

minimum wage. The paper concludes by showing that if employers can change investment in fixed capital and in training, then an …

investment task. Moreover, emotions were explicitly measured, including anticipatory emotions experienced during the waiting … measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …