Productivity growth is a key determinant of improvements in living standards in the long run. However, analysis of … productivity trends at the aggregate level does not capture the variation of firm and sub-industry productivity performance that … underlies industry or aggregate productivity. By examining the differences in productivity performance of firms in particular …

Measuring the dispersion of productivity or efficiency across firms in a market or industry is rife with methodological … to increase dispersion. This chapter presents a guide to measurement of dispersion and provides empirical evidence from a …

from the EUKLEMS database. Our main findings are as follows. Over 2000-2005, market sector labour productivity grew at 2 … innovation contributed 61% (=(1.24+0.45)/2.74)of labour productivity growth over the period. -- Innovation ; productivity growth …