The Cliometrics literature on slave efficiency has generally focused on static questions. We take a decidedly more …

such models in analyzing the production structure, the determinants of variable and quasi-fixed factors, and productivity … growth. The paper also discusses the traditional approach to productivity analysis based on the Divisia index number …

determining the rate of growth of total factor productivity (TFP) . Specifically, we propose and illustrate a methodology for …

change. This provides a bridge between the productivity literature and the welfare-related literature that tends to reason in … terms of net product functions: although the relevant income measure is net of depreciation, productivity is measured based … on gross output. We show that net product, net income, net expenditure and productivity change are complements, not …

likely to adopt technologies and increase productivity …

This paper aims to examine the productivity change of the Japanese economy using the data pertaining to the 47 … prefectures during the period 1981-2000. The decomposition analysis of the Hicks-Moorsteen-Bjurek productivity index is conducted … to explore the sources of the productivity change. In summary, technical change and efficiency change are two of the most …

leaders. We find strong evidence of technological diffusion but not full convergence; differences in total factor productivity …

revolution began, however, several decades passed before measured productivity growth increased. This delay is paradoxical from …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …