Even before the financial crisis of 2007/08, there were significant questions about Europe's long-term growth prospects …. After a long period of catching up with US levels of labour productivity, euro area productivity growth had, from the mid … declining rates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth and weaker capital accumulation as areas for concern in an European …

Policy reforms aimed at boosting long-run growth often have side effects – positive or negative – on an economy … reconsideration of the role growth-promoting policies play in shaping the vulnerability and resilience of an economy to macroeconomic … growth – contained in Going for Growth and the Economic Outlook – and attempts to establish whether they underpin …

productivity growth and requires new thinking on policy. The returns to investing in KBC differ significantly across countries and …

gains, and the contribution of efficient resource allocation to this process. Realising the growth opportunities implied by …

vital role for the functioning of the economy, can contribute to raising growth and social welfare. But more is not always … identifies the policy framework that promotes investment that is conducive to growth and ensures the appropriate use of …

much better than the Barro and Lee (1996) or Nehru <I>et al.</I> (1995) series in a number of growth specifications. We … on the (lack of) relationship between educational investment and growth. Using our preferred empirical specification, we …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …

This paper provides a summary of an OECD workshop on the causes of economic growth, held 6-7 July 2000. The topics … covered include the recent growth resurgence in the United States, the potential importance of ICT and the Internet, and the … part played by continual reallocation and restructuring. The paper also discusses the growth role of education …

The recent period of sustained high growth in the United States has drawn attention to its financial system and the … allocation and growth. It provides evidence suggesting that legal and regulatory framework conditions for financial systems, and … financial development and growth — over and above the links via investment — indicating impacts via overall economic efficiency …