By merging KLEMS data sets and aggregating over the ten largest Western European nations (EU-10), we are able to … compare and contrast productivity growth up through 2015 starting from 1950 in the U.S. and from 1972 in the EU-10. Data are …-industries. The analysis focuses on outcomes over four time intervals: 1950-72, 1972-95, 1995-2005, and 2005-15. We interpret the EU …

aggregate of ten Western European nations (the EU-10) from 1977 to 2015. We find that the standard growth accounting approach is …. Using industry-level data from EU KLEMS, we find that most of the 1995-2005 U.S. productivity growth revival was driven by … ICT-intensive industries producing market services and computer hardware. In contrast the EU-10 experienced a 1995 …