"One of the most robust findings emerging from studies of industrial agglomeration is the rise in productivity that …

"The acceleration of productivity growth during the latter half of the 1990s was both the defining economic event of … between incoming aggregate data, which initially suggested little productivity gain, and anecdotal firm-level evidence which … Chairman, argued that revolutionary increases in productivity were occurring and the Committee should not prematurely forgo …

.S., such as the productivity slowdown, increased labor force participation by women, and the "new economy" of the 1990s. We …