increasing globalisation. In this paper we extend this type of analysis and integrate the effects on productivity growth …, theoretically and empirically. Productivity growth is introduced into the theoretical model making use of the Verdoorn effect or of … productivity growth. Further on, a costpush or Marx/Hicks-effect and hence a positive impact of real wage growth or the wage share …

Productivity growth in many advanced economies has decelerated in the last decades. There is increasing evidence that … the misallocation of production function has contributed to the weakness in productivity. Factors behind this … misallocation of production factors on productivity and assess their role for the weakness in productivity growth in Germany …

of growth and allocation arises from the point of view of economic policy. -- regional production function ; productivity …

, productivity growth has been slowing down in all developed economies. At the same time, however, studies have found that a handfull … of highly productive companies continue to record above-average productivity growth. Hence, the authors observe … differences in productivity levels across businesses even within narrowly defined sectors. This paper surveys recent empirical …