This eighth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains eight articles. Topics covered are: a progress report on endogenous growth theory; recent productivity developments in … (ICTs) on UK productivity growth; the choice of the business sector versus the total economy for assessing aggregate …

The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards …; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement …

without other branches. Differences in economic performance are reflected primarily in lower levels of productivity and wages …

The main purpose of this study is to examine whether the relationship between exporting and productivity differs across … productivity gap becomes less important as firms become larger. There is evidence that the selection process for exporting is …

in the informal sector, where workers are not covered by social security arrangements.<P> Productivity of the … would increase productivity and make growth more inclusive, while contributing to improved current account balance. In … particular, India should aim for more formal jobs, as these tend to be the most secure and of highest productivity.<P>Défis et …

productivity directly, by reallocating resources towards more productive uses, but also indirectly through the effects of increased …

Ability of managers and other nonproduction professionals is key for the productivity of firms. Hence, the assignment … of heterogeneous nonproduction workers across firms determines the distribution of productivity. In turn, the … transmission of productivity differences into profit differences -- resulting from product market competition -- determines firms …