Ark, Bart van; Inklaar, Robert; McGuckin, Robert H. - The Conference Board - 2002
This paper examines cross-country and cross-industry differences in labor productivity performance and their … diffusion in Europe is following similar industry patterns to those observed in the U.S., but at a considerably slower pace. The … key differences between Europe and the U.S. are in the intensive ICT-using services, with U.S. productivity growth showing …