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In the mid-1990s, a pickup in measured productivity growth for the semiconductor industry coincided with an economy …-wide acceleration in labor productivity growth. The pickup in semiconductor markets reflected an increase in the growth of real output …
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chips. This industry has undoubtedly been an important driver of productivity growth as advances in semiconductors paved the … productivity growth for the industry shows a pickup that coincided with an economy-wide pickup in labor productivity growth. The … measured productivity growth. Three major developments in MPU markets that roughly coincided with the measured increase in …
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This is a monograph that presents both a comprehensive literature review and original research results on the diffusion and the implications of e-business technologies. The diffusion of e-business technologies among firms is regarded as part of the ongoing process of technological change and...
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productivity increases (growth) in general. P. Romer provides a more specific reply: technological change or the growth of new …
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1966-2000. We also decompose labor productivity growth into components attributable to technological changes (shifts in the … the European countries it is the technical changes which has contributed more to labour productivity changes between 1966 … be responsible for productivity accounting on point to point basis. For all the seven periods(point to point basis) we …
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From the model of Hobijn and Jovanovic (2001), we modelize a technological shock with uncertainty. We assume that this technological shock appears in the shape of new firms. Only a part of these firms will be productive. Uncertainty relates to the identification of the viable firms. This...
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productivity change is of 11.66%. The overall averages provide evidence of productivity improvements of 173.29 over 1980-81(base ….20 while the contribution of capital deepening is 42.52% TO ACCOUNT for 173.20% overall PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE(not point to point … below for the growth accounting exercise which can totally account for point to point and overall productivity changes from …
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1966-2000. We also decompose labor productivity growth into components attributable to technological changes (shifts in the … the European countries it is the technical changes which has contributed to labour productivity changes between 1966 … primarily responsible for the existence of bimodal labour productivity distribution for countries included in our sample …
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This paper explores the automation of the supply of financial services on the British High Street. Its aim is to provide an historical perspective to highlight the longevity of organisational change in the financial sector and to emphasise its remarkable continuity: UK clearing banks and...
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This paper explores the consequences of skill biased technological progress on the savings rates. The literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the causes and consequences of skill biased technological progress in the past few years has burgeoned considerably. So has the literature on...
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