possibility of decreasing growth rates over time within each country (or geographical unit). We also show how the possible bias in …

pollution intensity. Countries' growth rates are determined endogenously, and abatement efficiency is improved by technical …

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the …

capital on GDP per capita, and second, a permanent increase in migration ows has a positive effect on productivity growth …This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 …. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies. …

We ask whether a weaker contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to productivity growth could … methods capturing channels through which ICT could affect aggregate productivity growth. This includes an approach "à la Cette … continues to contribute to productivity growth, but that this contribution has declined and accounts for part of the …

The benefits from the New Economy should accrue as improvements in productivity and economic growth. But while the use … ICT investment and economic growth in the period 1985-99 for a sample of 42 countries for which ICT spending data are … apparent ‘productivity paradox’. The most obvious one is the fact that not many countries, other than the US, have yet invested …

Do intermediate goods help explain relative and aggregate productivity differences across countries? Three observations … standard multisector growth model accommodating these features to show that inefficient intermediate production strongly … depresses aggregate productivity and increases the price ratio of final goods to services. Applying the model to data for middle …

studies have found that this result is brought about by relatively few service industries, where productivity growth has …, according to which imbalances in productivity growth between a progressive (manufacturing) and a nonprogressive (service) sector …Since the mid-nineties, U.S. labor productivity outgrows its European counterpart by a wide margin. Several recent …