NIESR, 16th May, 2006

This publication identifies the major determinants, patterns and trends in the European Union\\\'s competitiveness from a distinctly sectoral perspective. The first part provides a comprehensive assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of European industries with respect to the growth...

Research Report BGI/36, London: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Available at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/Uploads/pdf/Research-Report/Business-Growth-Innovation-report-v2.pdf

This paper provides an overview of sectoral productivity in Europe for the period 1995-2004. In an earlier discussion paper, we considered the trends in output and employment, however, taken separately, these may reflect differences in size and input intensities. Productivity measures...

This publication identifies the major determinants, patterns and trends in the European Union\\\'s competitiveness from a distinctly sectoral perspective. The first part provides a comprehensive assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of European industries with respect to the growth...

Improving economic growth is a key policy objective for the Government. Therefore, understanding the drivers of productivity growth is a fundamental requirement for effective economic policy. Current measurements of productivity, based on the ‘tangible’ inputs of capital and labour, do not...

This paper describes recent trends in productivity growth in the EU and the US. By adopting a sectoral perspective, we achieve a deeper understanding of the compositional patterns of aggregate growth and shed light on the reasons why the EU productivity has lagged behind the US during the period...