spielt das sächsische Handwerk eine entscheidende Rolle. Ende 1992 standen 27.987 Jugendliche in einer handwerklichen … Ausbildung. Der Investitionsschwerpunkt im Handwerk liegt bei Betriebs- und Kapazitätsausweitungen. Das Handwerk in den neuen … Bundesländern erhält mit 3 % im Vergleich zu dem Handwerk in den alten Bundesländern (30%), nur einen sehr geringen Anteil von …

productivity growth in manufacturing vis-à-vis services. Such a gap is due not only to improvements in the manufacturing sector but … also to a significant slowdown of productivity growth in services. Therefore, despite the success in export markets, the … inability of productivity growth in manufacturing to create positive spill-over effects on services. Persistence of barriers to …

Germany’s manufacturing sector, which plays an important role for exports, has been performing well over the past … decade in terms of labour productivity growth and international competitiveness. However, the services sector has had much … domestically oriented sectors, including network industries, crafts and professional services would release hidden growth potential …

Germany overtook Britain in comparative productivity levels for the whole economy primarily as a result of trends in … services rather than trends in industry. Britain’s productivity lead in services before World War II reflected external … economies of scale in a highly urbanised economy with an international orientation. Low productivity in Germany reflected the …