Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark … total population. Labour productivity is determined by within-industry productivity growth rates and inter-sectoral shifts …

development; and the problems in maintaining of full accountability. …

. One approach sees economic growth leading to environmental degradation by imposing stresses on limited natural resources …. Economic growth, once a certain level is achieved, leads to a cleaner environment as the higher income shifts societal …. In addition, it is argued that economic growth is increasingly service-based, decoupling pollution from economic activity …

running from social conditions and factors to productivity growth. <p> The objective of the second issue of the Review of …

in which program spending was frozen in nominal terms, but not cut, would have produced more growth and employment and …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the …

The issue of sustainability of natural capital and implications for economic growth ranks high in the interests of both …

monetary policy in the early 1990s hurt growth in the short-term, but they argue that such action was necessary to ratchet down …