some concerns about the limited opportunities for sustaining productivity growth. The aim of this paper is to examine total … factor productivity (TFP) growth in the service sector in comparison with total industries and the manufacturing sector, as … particular between the 'old' and 'new' member states. The study demonstrates that productivity growth in services was …

, main growth factors (labour, labour productivity and Total Factor Productivity), and their input to GDP growth, as well as … been deepening; 2) the increasing polarisation of world economic powers and low GDP growth in the European Union limit the … EU’s chances of maintaining the position as the second centre in the world economy; 3) improving the situation in public …