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 … traditional manufacturing and other goods production, and a concomitant failure to invest in and reap the benefits from …

productivity in manufacturing. But when the more appropriate output per hour measure of productivity is used, the United States is … no longer the manufacturing productivity leader, being surpassed by the Netherlands and Belgium. The much greater number …International productivity comparisons have traditionally focused on productivity growth rates. International …