The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and …

. Einige wirtschaftspolitische und politökonomische Schlüsse werden aus diesen Einsichten gezogen. -- Unbalanced growth ; Rise … in government share of GDP ; Health care cost explosion ; Declining GDP growth rates ; Switzerland …

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 …

A method for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions is proposed. It is examined …

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

growth in pre-crisis years. While this led to productivity-enhancing structural change in Greece and Portugal, overcapacities … Growth Accounting für die Volkswirtschaften Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Spanien Griechenland und Portugal durchgeführt … their economic structures, however, member countries have been affected in different ways. Performing a growth accounting …

Technological progress is a major prerequisite for economic growth and increases in per-capita incomes. The importance …, imports of high-technology goods, requiring a high level of knowledge, contribute to increased productivity levels. The … productivity increases to the same degree as imports of high-technology goods. Therefore, the removal of barriers to trade and to …