than by increasing the productivity of incumbent inventors. …

electricity diffusion. Germany’s labour productivity growth was nevertheless sustained in 1925 - 1938. The USA saw an earlier …This paper evaluates the link between the diffusion of electricity and the increase in labour productivity growth in … the manufacturing sector during the inter-war period. A comparative analysis of the USA, Britain, Germany, and Japan shows …

productivity growth linked to the delayed effects of previously invented 'general purpose technologies' stimulated an increase in … fixed investment that became excessive and proved to be unsustainable, while the productivity acceleration helps to account …

Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in … economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA …, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to evaluate the hypothesis of a productivity bonus as postulated by many …

War II, provide answers to the latter question. A persisting productivity windfall associated with the build out of the …

In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …

United States. However, total factor productivity (TFP) in Canada did not recover relative to trend, the in the United States …

Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in … economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA …, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to evaluate the hypothesis of a productivity bonus as postulated by many …