variance of its components, which is then applied to measure the relative contributions of productivity, hours per worker, and … employment to cyclical output growth across a panel of countries. Measured productivity contributes more to the cycle in Europe … and Japan than in the United States. Employment contributes the largest proportion of the cycle in Europe and the United …

rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT …-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some limited support for more rapid productivity growth in IT … expectations, is that output contracts in IT-intensive industries relative to the rest of manufacturing. Productivity increases …

productivity of the industrial sector. This policy environment comprises three layers: 1) the trade policy that determines the …

The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

technologyintensive manufacturing industries and is positively correlated with growth in total factor productivity across countries and …

-country income and growth gaps. Public sector activities may have an effect on overall productivity and growth via two channels …: directly by the level and changes of productivity within the public sector, and indirectly by triggering off productivity … structure of the public sector in Europe and compares it with the US and Japan. This is related to the more recent empirical …