Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to examine labour productivity trends in Italy over the period 1981-2004. Design/methodology/approach – To this end, relying on recent developments in the analysis of non-stationary dependent panels, the paper develops a new method for estimating total...

Purpose – The main aim of this paper is to examine labour productivity trends in Italy over the period 1981‐2004. Design/methodology/approach – To this end, relying on recent developments in the analysis of non‐stationary dependent panels, the paper develops a new method for estimating...