Since the industrial revolution, technological innovations have enabled rise in productivity, employment, standard of … living and the tota l population several times. In the last 15 years productivity growth ha s slowed-down in the most of … expected to trigge r a slight acceleration in productivity, while explosive growth i n productivity, as predicted by some th …

This paper tests whether structural or firm-specific characteristics contributed more to (labor) productivity growth in … the European Union between 2003 and 2008. It combines the Amadeus firm-level data on productivity and firm characteristics … characteristics are most important for firm productivity growth, particularly the stock of inward foreign direct investment and the …