This Economic Letter focuses on productivity growth in one area of the economy: the retail trade industry. Although … strong productivity growth is often associated with high-tech industries (such as semiconductor manufacturing), the retail … sector has enjoyed above average productivity growth and contributed significantly to the acceleration in productivity at the …

I document that cross-country productivity differences in retail trade, which employs around 20% of workers, are … used and retail-sector productivity differences across countries. …

Productivity growth in the United States was considerably faster during 2000-03 than in the boom years of 1995 …-2000. This ebullient productivity performance raises numerous questions about its interpretation and its implications for the … justified on the basis of data through the end of 1999 in their claim that part of the post-1995 productivity growth revival …

Examines the productivity performance of the wholesale and retail trade sectors in light of their significant … contribution to Australia’s record productivity performance in the 1990s. Fundamental changes in the nature and operations of … wholesale trade, in particular, have brought marked improvements in productivity performance over the 1990s. The paper examines …

analyzing international productivity levels from both economic and management perspectives. MGI uses microeconomic analysis on a … sector-by-sector level to study the effects that industry decisions ultimately have on national productivity. For the most … part the productivity drivers identified by MGI can be grouped into three broad areas: competitive factors (concentration …

performance: labor productivity and productivity growth over the 1992 to 1997 period. We use untapped firm and establishment micro … investment intensity and productivity growth. We found no evidence of a similar link between IT and growth in the number of …

performance: labor productivity and productivity growth over the 1992 to 1997 period. We use untapped firm and establishment micro … investment intensity and productivity growth. We found no evidence of a similar link between IT and growth in the number of …

technological change and to labour market variations, comments on industrial development, productivity, industrial production …