countries whereas it remained at a comparatively low level in the USA despite considerably stronger inflows into the labour … especially noticeable in comparison with the USA. It is also the result of a relatively low significance of jobs in the service … sector. In this article the theoretical impact connections of employment and productivity in the structural change are first …

countries whereas it remained at a comparatively low level in the USA despite considerably stronger inflows into the labour … especially noticeable in comparison with the USA. It is also the result of a relatively low significance of jobs in the service … sector. In this article the theoretical impact connections of employment and productivity in the structural change are first …

economic growth, productivity, competitiveness, collective bargaining and industrial policy. Bibliography and statistical …

Total factor productivity growth was stagnant or slowing in many advanced countries even prior to the crisis. This … paper documents sector-level productivity patterns across advanced economies prior to the crisis and examines the role of … driving productivity differences across sectors and countries. Since productivity payoffs of reforms evolve over time, we also …

Eastern Europe (NMS). It analyses structural changes in the NMS' economies and patterns of productivity catching-up both at … productivity catching-up, both at the macroeconomic level and in the manufacturing industry in particular. Yet in most NMS the … growth of labour productivity went hand in hand with declining employment, and even with considerable job losses in the …

the aggregate level, the productivity performance of the Portuguese services sector is low relative to that of selected … potential to increase its productivity and participation in international trade. Portugal should thus focus on the development … productivity and standards of living differentials relative to most of our European partners. Decisio makers should also not forget …

, 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 …-called “Baumol disease”? The paper argues that there is no reason to expect this as long as the productivity and growth spill …

Literature on growth accounting has generally introduced productivity to explain the growth of services. One of the … lower productivity level than the other productive sectors, and that its growth is always quite slow. Such a statement is … and the incorporation of technical progress. From this approach we can derive the relative lower productivity in some …