The past 120 years have been characterised by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in the four … countries; (ii) a decline in productivity in the United Kingdom relative to the United States, and to a lesser extent also … of ICT capital in the last 25 years. In 2006, before the current world crisis, hourly labour productivity levels are …

The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP …. During the last 25 years, productivity growth has also known contrasted developments in the four countries, in particular as … been characterised by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in the four countries; (ii) a decline in …

Major European countries, unlike the United States, did not experience an acceleration in labour productivity growth in … 1980-2000 period. They find that total factor productivity growth picked up considerably in the second half of the 1990s … relative to the first half, but that labour productivity growth actually decelerated. This latter development was related to …

The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP …. During the last 25 years, productivity growth has also known contrasted developments in the four countries, in particular as … been characterised by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in the four countries; (ii) a decline in …

second part of our analysis, we estimate the impacts of our new measures on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the framework …

This paper studies the links between productivity, innovation and research at the firm level. We introduce three new … features: (i) A structural model that explains productivity by innovation output, and innovation output by research investment … of firms engage in research activities and/or apply for patents; productivity, innovation and research are endogenously …

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms' productivity with …

include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We …

success from firm surveys along with the usual R&D expenditures and productivity measures. We then apply the model to data on … firm�s productivity, especially process innovation. Among SMEs, larger and older firms seem to be less productive. …

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms� productivity with …