In order to examine innovation diffusion and convergence processes, we study productivity trends, trend breaks and … levels for 13 advanced countries over 1890-2012. We highlight two productivity waves, a big one following the second … could be implemented, emphasizing a long diffusion process. The productivity leader changed during the period under study …

The past 120 years have been characterised by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in the four … countries; (ii) a decline in productivity in the United Kingdom relative to the United States, and to a lesser extent also … of ICT capital in the last 25 years. In 2006, before the current world crisis, hourly labour productivity levels are …

This study compares labor and total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United … experienced contrasting advances in productivity, in particular as a result of unequal investment in information and communication … technology (ICT). The past 120 years have been characterized by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in all …

This study compares labor and total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United … experienced contrasting advances in productivity, in particular as a result of unequal investment in information and communication … technology (ICT). The past 120 years have been characterized by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in all …

are total factor productivity, capital intensity (capital stock per hours worked), working time and employment rate. Over … countries, especially because of the surge in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and in capital intensity. The main results of the …

In this paper I emphasize the contribution of technical change towards productivity growth in explaining the relative …

This paper examines cross-country and cross-industry differences in labor productivity performance and their … key differences between Europe and the U.S. are in the intensive ICT-using services, with U.S. productivity growth showing ….S. showed rapid productivity expansion in retail and wholesale trade and securities, which account for much of the overall U …

proximate sources of labour productivity growth in 41 nations between 1929 and 1950 by decomposing productivity growth into four … capital accumulation. We show that efficiency catch-up generally explains productivity growth, whereas technological change …

This paper compares productivity developments across industrial countries based on official OECD data in the business … sector. It discusses the uncertainties surrounding the measurement of both productivity levels and productivity growth, and … then focuses on changes in productivity growth. The paper analyses labour productivity patterns and trends of total factor …

to developments in labour productivity - allowing for human capital accumulation – and multifactor productivity (MFP …