This paper explores the role of knowledge flows and TFP growth by using direct survey data on knowledge flows linked to … firm-level TFP growth data. Our knowledge flow data correspond to the kind of information flows often argued, especially by … three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

productivity but not necessarily on its long run growth rate. I therefore predict that the UK will eventually return to the growth …The productivity performance of the UK economy in the period 1990-2007 was excellent. Based entirely on pre-crisis data …, and using a two-sector growth model, I project the future growth rate of GDP per hour in the market sector to be 2.61% p …

productivity in the UK while leaving the long run growth rate unaffected. Based entirely on pre-crisis data, and using a two …-sector growth model, I project the future growth rate of GDP per hour in the market sector to be 2.61% p.a. Based on a cross …

We study a multi-sector model of growth with differences in TFP growth rates across sectors and derive sufficient … conditions for the coexistence of structural change, characterized by sectoral labor reallocation, and constant aggregate growth … calibrate the historical shift from agriculture to manufacturing and services. We show quantitatively that reaonsable deviations …

that the very low unemployment in Europe in the 1960s was due to the high productivity growth associated with technological … States and Europe. The theoretical model brings together all three and emphasizes technological growth. Computations show … catch-up. Productivity also played a role in the dynamics of hours but a full explanation for the fast rise of service …

United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …How big a boost to long run growth can countries expect from the ICT revolution? I use the results of growth accounting … and the insights from a two-sector growth model to answer this question. The use of a two-sector rather than a one …

This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …

We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …