There is ample evidence that investment in Information Technology (IT) boosted labour markets productivity in the USA …. In fact, conspicuous flows of investment in this sector enabled the US firms to record high rates of productivity growth …

There is ample evidence that investment in Information Technology (IT) boosted labour markets productivity in the USA …. In fact, conspicuous flows of investment in this sector enabled the US firms to record high rates of productivity growth …

interdisciplinarity as an end in itself. Our aim is to underline the merits of a plural scientific approach which finds its justification … require an in-depth review of the underlying research frameworks. Finally, a textual analysis of four documents will complete …

had no discernible effect on U.S. industrial productivity growth. This paper addresses this paradox by stressing that … produced high tech weaponry. Analysis employing data from the NBER Manufacturing Productivity Database and the BEA' s Input … Output tables then demonstrates that defense procurement policies did have significant effects on the productivity …

supply to quantitatively assess the contribution of exogenous variations in productivity (wage) and life expectancy in …

In this study, the nature and extent of efficiency and productivity growth in the US truckload (TL) carriers is … index is used to study the productivity changes in the US TL carriers. The window analysis results reveal that the average …, allows productivity changes to be decomposed into two categories: technical efficiency changes, and technological changes …

measurement of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States. The paper examines all data sources for … appropriate for the calculation of aggregate labour productivity ?both from the perspective of the methodological merits of each … series and of cross-country comparability. It also assesses the sensitivity of Canada-U.S. aggregate labour productivity …

-2001 period productivity growth accounted for all the growth in living standards. Large declines in average hours worked reduced … argues, productivity growth represents the only sustained avenue for living standards growth. With our level of aggregate … labour productivity 16 per cent below the US level, Canada has the potential to reduce much of the productivity gap with the …

Institution examine this issue with a detailed analysis of productivity developments in the U.S. economy in the 1990s. Their main … message is that the although IT is the driving force behind the recent acceleration of labour productivity growth, its impact … little reason to believe productivity gains arising from IT will end in the near future. …

been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and …