Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita … into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour productivity. Labour supply is in turn determined by the hours worked per …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However … ironically undermined the effectiveness and productivity of the public and voluntary sectors. She illustrates the perverse …

poverty. But in dynamic economies most economic growth comes from productivity growth, and few studies have tested the … relationships between productivity growth, poverty and inequality. The present study uses several sources of international data on … labour productivity, poverty and income inequality, and finds that across the developing countries for which data are …

This paper explores the linkages between productivity and social development from the perspective of synthesizing the … exploring the linkages between productivity and social well-being involving researchers from around the world and culminating in … the edited volume Toward a Social Understanding of Productivity. Contributions discuss both linkages from productivity to …