explain most of the well-known differences in aggregate growth rates of labour productivity and employment across these … productivity and capital, the paper analyses service sector growth in detail. It argues that a careful consideration of the forces … of long-run growth may help to better explain differences in employment and productivity growth, in particular if …

The paper presents a detailed industry-level productivity analysis (52 industries) for the effects of industry … structure on TFP growth for Germany from 1971 until 2000. The analysis builds on a theory by Acemoglu et al. (2003) relating … industry structure and productivity growth of an industry. The analysis reveals positive effects of vertically disintegrated …

of sectoral labor input and total factor productivity trend growth variation on the persistent decline in long-run output … growth. Our estimation reveals that sector-specific developments have historically accounted for half of this long …-term decline. Zooming into the reunification period, we find a pronounced decline of total factor productivity growth in …

vorzulegen. Die Wachstumsleistung der niederländischen Industrie im 20. Jahrhundert wird unter Verwendung des Instrumentariums …