In this study we present a comparison of investment and production per head in 21 areas of the World, and we find that in many poor areas there has been little improvement during the period 2000-2010. One of the main causes of this disappointing result has been the stagnation in many countries,...

For the period 2004-2010 many OECD countries have experienced a decline in industrial real value-added per capita with negative consequences for domestic economic development, and labour markets, not only in industry but also in services and other production sectors. Free competition policies...

We analyse the relationships of health, education and income per capita in developed and developing countries in year 2005, as well as the main conclusions of more than sixty studies published by our Association for the period 2001-2009, applied to OECD countries, Latin America, Africa, Asia and...

A comparison between University Expenditures on Education and Research shows a great advantage of the United States regions in comparison with the majority of the European regions and countries. Only a few European regions receive enough support for these important activities which have a highly...

: Se presenta un panorama sectorial de la evolucion de la industria manufacturera en los paises de la OCDE durante las ultimas decadas del siglo veinte, analizando la evolucion de la produccion total, el valor añadido, la renta real, las exportaciones, las importaciones y el consumo industrial...

This study presents a comparative analysis of the evolution of manufacturing real value-added per capita in the countries of Europe, Eurasia, America, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, East Asia and Pacific for the period 1999-2006, and its positive impact on the real value-added of services and...

We analyse the evolution of real valued-added by sector accordingly to two approaches: production and income in Spain in comparison with Germany, the USA and other OECD countries. We found that the quick increase of employment in Building and Services in Spain for the period 1995-2007 was...

The European Union (EU) present lower average rates of employment and lower average wages than the United States of America, due to the lack of enough economic policies addressed to foster employment in private and public services in all their countries and regions, with a few positive...

From 1982 to 2005 the United States experienced strong economic growth interrupted by two brief recessions; job growth, however, was not evenly distributed throughout the country. By employing dynamic rather than static shift-share decomposition, and by displaying shift-share analysis through...

A good deal of controversy surrounds the empirical regularity of convergence. If capital’s share is taken to be 1/3, as in national accounts, then convergence should occur at a much faster rate than observed. Problems are worse if the economy is open. With perfect capital mobility convergence...