Stronger productivity growth in the US than the EU over the late 1990s is widely attributed to faster, more widespread …

Stronger productivity growth in the US than the EU over the late 1990s is widely attributed to faster, more widespread …, and we show evidence from microdata that is consistent with this idea. -- ICT ; outsourcing ; productivity …

This paper examines the direct effects of corporate tax on firm productivity along with the interaction effects of tax … policy and R&D activity on productivity at firm level for over 13,062 firms during 2004-2011. Our main findings are first …, that there is evidence for productivity convergence and we find that there is a positive robust relationship between R …

This paper explores the role of knowledge flows and productivity growth by linking direct survey data on knowledge …

This paper explores the role of knowledge flows and productivity growth by linking direct survey data on knowledge …

economic growth through a decomposition into employment and productivity, across sectors, and across different time periods and … countries. The US productivity surge from the mid-1990s continued for years after the bursting of the dot-com bubble. In the … meantime, the EU-15's relative productivity stagnation continued. The sectoral perspective helps us better understand this …