Estimates produced by the OECD indicate that labour productivity levels are higher in a number of European countries … than in the United States, implying that Europe and not the United States is the world technological leader. The author … argues that a structural measure of labour productivity, closer to a measure of technical efficiency, would take into account …

determines  the slowdown in labour productivity in the European economies over  the past few decades. It also notes that that … (low) rate of  productivity growth presents significant differences between the  various countries of the EU-15. These … between employment and productivity. …

The paper try to examine the sustainable long term growth problem in Europe. Economic growth is fragile in many … countries members of U.E. In the context of public austerity, the ageing populations, the lagging productivity in the service … sectors (in line with the United States) and the relatively inflexible labour market constitute serious challenges. Europe can …

The sector business services contributes directly and indirectly to aggregate economic growth in Europe. The direct …, the sector also contributed in an indirect way to economic growth by generating knowledge and productivity spill-overs for … characterised by a relatively weak productivity growth. Does this contribute to growth stagnation tendencies à la the so …

In den sechziger Jahren lag das reale Wachstum in Europa noch über dem der USA. Danach sanken in beiden Teilen der Welt … dass die Wachstumsraten und die Beschäftigungszunahme wesentlich höher als jene in Europa sind. Diese unterschiedliche … Kommunikationstechnologien in den USA verursacht. Der Abstand zwischen Europa und den USA in diesem Bereich, der sich in der zweiten Hälfte der …