This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at … technological frontier, and therefore make a contribution to productivity growth through technology transfer. We also find evidence …

United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …

The behaviour of labour productivity in the United Kingdom since the onset of the recession in early 2008 constitutes a … puzzle. Over four years after the recession began labour productivity is still below its previous peak level. This paper … crisis to have both a short-run effect on the growth rate of labour productivity and a long-run effect on its level is …

We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …

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 …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention totwo … is more prevalent than greenfield investment. Wefind that British multinationals have lower levels of labour productivity …