that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …

In this chapter, Quentin Grafton, Stephen Knowles and Dorian Owen examine the implications for productivity arising … barriers to communication among groups, inhibiting the diffusion of knowledge and lowering the level of productivity in the …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the … believes that the case for higher productivity would remain compelling. Without powerful analytical guidance, Watson concludes …

The objective of this report is to document China’s productivity performance since 1978 and determine its impact on … 1978. Strong economic growth has been fuelled by rapid productivity growth, and has been accompanied by impressive declines … in the incidence of poverty. Productivity performance has not been uniform across the agricultural and industrial sectors …

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 …

current state of provincial differences in twenty-five economic variables related to income, productivity, the labour market …

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 …