(NAIRU) by using information contained in the trend of productivity growth. My approach enhances the recently proposed model … to alternativestatistical assumptions. In economic terms, the productivity-augmented model generates a more realistic … productivity growth trend. I find support for the "level" hypothesis in both the US and international data. …

international division of labour. We concentrate on the question, to what extent they have caught up with the productivity level of … their Western counterparts of similar size and sector and how this productivity difference is related to changes in their … policy and productivity information for individual manufacturers from both parts of the country. Using a decomposition …

exporting and productivity shows that exporters on average are more efficient than nonexporters. If that is the case we may also …