To what extent are the productivity spillovers of information technology related to R&D activity? Do these factors …-run productivity growth. We control for either the domestic specialization in digital productions or import penetration of high …-tech goods. In any case, the national endowment of IT assets emerges as a robust source of spillovers. It is also shown that the …

The third issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains six articles that deal with a wide range of issues in the productivity area. Topics covered are the contribution of … the information and communications technology sector to productivity growth in Canada and the United States; the Irish …

The slower productivity growth in Canada relative to that experienced in the United States in the second half of the … development. A key issue is whether this slower productivity growth is broadly-based, which would imply a societal … productivity growth in Canada and the United States in the 1990s. They find that the productivity growth gap in the 1990s at both …

This paper brings together the latest data and OECD productivity indicators in different areas with the aim of … reviewing the main productivity trends over the past decade, comparing the United States, Europe and to some extent Japan …. Concerning economy wide indicators of productivity, the slowdown appears to be due to a significant slowdown in investment in …

we use data on market sector productivity, R&D and non-R&D intangible assets, and public sector R&D spending. We look for … evidence of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover … spillovers from public R&D spend on research councils, and (c) no evidence of market sector spillovers from public spending on …

Does publicly-financed R&D spill over to private sector productivity growth? We document a robust correlation between … UK public-sector financed R&D disbursed via research councils and market sector total factor productivity growth. …

we use data on market sector productivity, R&D and non-R&D intangible assets, and public sector R&D spending. We look for … evidence of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover … spillovers from public R&D spend on research councils, and (c) no evidence of market sector spillovers from public spending on …

. Second, growth accounting analysis reveals that information technology has not contributed changes of productivity growth … the productivity growth until the late 1980s. Third, estimation of the production function model proves that IT capital …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US "productivity miracle" is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …