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

During the four years 1995-99 U. S. productivity growth experienced a strong revival and achieved growth rates … transport, motion pictures, radio, indoor plumbing, and made the golden age of productivity growth possible. This paper raises … doubts about the validity of this comparison with the Great Inventions of the past. It dissects the recent productivity …

expansion, a stock market boom, a financing boom for new firms and productivity gains. In this paper, we propose an … production. We show that the mere prospect of high future productivity growth can generate sizable gains in current productivity …

The present study is the third in a series of three papers devoted to issues in the measurement of productivity and … productivity growth. The major findings are as follows. First, this study shows that the new data set used here, which develops … useful supplement to existing data sets. Second, there has clearly been a rebound in labor-productivity growth in recent …

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

productivity growth but may have mixed effects on labor, particularly in the short run. In particular, some occupations and … that may help to boost productivity growth while also mitigating any labor market downsides including evaluating the pros …

position variables and the potential spilover pool in explaining R&D intensity, patent productivity and TFP growth is explored … effects are significant in explaining patent productivity. I cannot distinguish between the two effects in explaining TFP … firms do more R&D themselves, they produce more patents per R&D dollar, and their productivity grows faster, even …

In this paper we: (1) estimate the effects of international R&D spillovers on total factor productivity growth of the …