exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970 … considerably to aggregate manufacturing energy-productivity growth and, hence, to decoupling, while in other countries they partly … manufacturing labour-productivity developments. Furthermore, we find labour-productivity growth to be higher on average than energy-productivity …

of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials. Specifically, we focus on the effects of … convergence rates. Consistent with theories, the persistence of productivity differentials is found to be positively correlated …, productivity convergence appears to be enhanced by human capital but deterred by government spending. …

Evidence suggests that productivity would be much higher and unemployment much lower if the supply of and demand for …