This paper investigates the potential impact of increased business R&D efforts in Europe on the total factor … productivity gap between European and U.S. industry. The paper addresses Europe’s ambition, expressed at the 2000 Lisbon Summit to … become “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world”, and the 3% R&D intensity target for Europe …

educational improvements are expected to play as a driver of future income convergence in Europe. We concentrate on income … convergence dynamics between emerging economies in Central and Eastern Europe and Western European countries during the next 50 … exercise shows that the returns to education in terms of income convergence in Europe could be sizeable, although it may take …

educational improvements are expected to play as a driver of future income convergence in Europe. We concentrate on income … convergence dynamics between emerging economies in Central and Eastern Europe and Western European countries during the next 50 … exercise shows that the returns to investing in education in terms of income convergence in Europe could be sizeable, although …