some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only … and institutional adaptations, as well as ongoing gains in labour productivity remain important for maintaining export …

Ukraine) performed quite well. This must be attributed to the ongoing growth in labour productivity and related cost … improvements in industry which kept exports competitive. Gains in labour productivity are generally associated with some cuts in … overvaluation remains still valid. However, the productivity and efficiency gains may offset the negative consequences of real …

. This paper explores the direct economic consequences of immigration on host nations’ productivity performance at a sectoral … made a negative contribution to labour productivity growth in Spain and a negative but negligible contribution in the UK … sectors, but we note considerable variation in magnitudes. Labour productivity growth has a neutral contribution from migrant …

destination most preferred by immigrants. However, it has also had a scant productivity performance. The main burden on … productivity growth lies with the construction sector and almost all private service sectors with the unique exception of the … of growth, shifting from labour creation to improvements in multifactor productivity. …

-2002. We compute the contribution to output and labour productivity growth of employment, non-ICT and ICT capital, labour … qualification and Total Factor Productivity. Results are given for 29 different branches; individually and grouped into four … that although the ICT intensive group appears to be the most dynamic cluster, most of the impact on productivity is still …

The paper presents a quantification of Spanish productivity performance over the last two decades –with a special … notable inefficiencies, as identified by negative Total Factor Productivity (TFP) contributions to productivity growth during … resurgence of labour productivity in Spain over the 2000-2004 period. …

quarter of 2006 than in 2005. Investment accelerated sharply and industry is proving buoyant. Labour productivity has … also significant, both in magnitude and in its effects on the sending countries, in the cases of Poland, Slovakia …

; quite an abrupt deterioration in industrial labour productivity; and real currency appreciation and a resulting strong rise …

(except in Hungary). Inflation slowed down to very low levels and is no longer a serious problem. Hungary and Slovakia will …

private consumption (Poland, Slovakia, Estonia and Lithuania). Growth accelerated also in Southeast Europe (except Croatia and … average rate of unemployment in the NMS is nearly twice as high as in the EU-15 (mainly on account of Poland and Slovakia); in …) - continues to shed labour. This implies impressive gains in labour productivity and, given the general wage restraint, in unit …