This article reviews The Power of Productivity by William W. Lewis and Transforming the European Economy by Martin Neil … Baily and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard. While Lewis postulates a single silver bullet for productivity growth, namely the freedom … productivity -- these books are sure to be seen as two of the major contributions to the debate on productivity and growth around …

The recession left its mark on global productivity, which fell in 2009. The productivity growth differential between … the United States and Europe increased dramatically in 2009. Average long-term growth of labour productivity in advanced … economies has stalled since 2000. The gradual improvement in world productivity is due to emerging and developing economies. In …

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 …

International productivity comparisons have traditionally focused on productivity growth rates. International … productivity level comparisons are much more complex, requiring comparable industry data and estimates of purchasing power at a … detailed industry level. The International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project established at the University …