This paper aims to revisit the relationship between intangible capital and labour productivity growth using the largest … intangibles, the paper finds that these have become the dominant source of labour productivity growth in the EU, explaining 56 … a solid positive relationship between intangibles and labour productivity growth. Third, when accounting for the …

This paper aims to revisit the relationship between intangible capital and labour productivity growth using the largest … intangibles, the paper finds that these have become the dominant source of labour productivity growth in the EU, explaining up to … detects a solid positive relationship between intangibles and labour productivity growth. Third, when accounting for the …

This paper assesses the productivity puzzle critically and gives an outlook on the COVID-19 crisis. It offers two main … conclusions. First, it posits that a large fraction of the productivity puzzle can be solved by incorporating intangible capital … into the asset boundary of the national accounts. Thus, the productivity puzzle is largely explained as a consequence of …

In the last decade there has been an upsurge of studies on international comparisons of Total Factor Productivity (TFP … physical capital) but mainly in productivity and technology. Therefore, a crucial issue is the analysis of the determinants of …

This paper focuses on investment in research and development as a factor of labour productivity and economic growth … productivity (expressed in the number of hours worked) based on selected data for EU Member States in the period 1995-2013. A … development (2.85% of EU GDP) maximising productivity (per hour of work) was determined based on the examined data. In accordance …

productivity change; when expenditure on consumer durables is recorded as capital investment. The capitalization of consumer … durables impacts both the levels and growth rates of the capital stock, productivity and GDP. Our growth accounting … productivity growth in 1995-2004. ICT's impacts were larger, i.e., one-fifth of GVA growth and one-sixth of labour productivity …

of proxy variables, whereas Total Factor Productivity is used as a measure of economic growth. Panel data of 26 European …. Business Birth Rate, Self-employment Rate, Business Investment and Labour Productivity Growth were all found to be highly … reflect the complexity of the notion. -- entrepreneurship ; total factor productivity ; economic growth ; the EU …

economic and price level convergence, respectively, refer to the narrowing of the income (productivity) and the price level gap … helps us understand, why net real wages are relatively low in these countries (as compared to their relative level of income/productivity …