We analyze productivity growth differentials across the EU in the perspective of intangible, as well as tangible … contributed to labor productivity growth in the best performing European economies/regions. Moreover, we find evidence that …

-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. …

Why did European productivity growth slow down while American growth accelerated since the 1990s? In this article we … Economic Growth in Europe. We argue that Europe’s falling behind is the combined result of a severe productivity slowdown in …

Recent research has emphasised the role of trade in productivity growth. The purpose of the present paper is to … imports and productivity growth. We focus on the European Union and find intra-union imports to have more of an effect on … total factor productivity growth than imports from the outside of the EU, even if only developed nonmember countries are …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US "productivity miracle" is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

fall in labor productivity is explained by an insufficient investment on non-ICT capital as well as by a negative … contribution from Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The positive news is the finding of a slight recovery since 2000 brought about …

)on the productivity of the manufacturing sectors, as well as their contribution to the rise in productivity of the Spanish …

Technologies (ICTs) in productivity growth, but this research has focused primarily on North America. In the fourth article … ICT capital is a primary driver of labour productivity growth in all UK sectors except mining and quarrying. He concludes … that the weaker productivity performance of the United Kingdom relative to the United States can be attributed mainly to …

We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …