capital. Also, there is evidence of improving convergence of productivity between New Zealand and Australia during the 1990’s …There is a wide consensus that New Zealand’s productivity has been poor despite the comprehensive market …-oriented reforms of the 1980’s. This consensus is based on estimates of New Zealand’s productivity growth measured either in terms of …

„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average … to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster productivity growth accounted for over 90 per cent of the acceleration. „h The … capital shares in economywide income were stable throughout the 1990s. Concerns that productivity-enhancing factors have …

Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on … productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in …

on work arrangements in key industries. It is complemented by the Productivity Commission's report, International …

The paper examines the structure of employment defined by industry, skill, age, part-time and casual employment status … and the distribution of earnings. Employment patterns, and changes in employment profiles, are examined for differences … between high productivity growth industry sectors and low productivity growth industry sectors. …

employment in the industrial sector, but this decline is more than counterbalanced by the rise of productivity, so that the …

services make to productivity improvements and living standards. Services account for more than three-quarters of national …