This article by Edward N. Wolff of New York University examines trends in convergence in OECD countries toward U ….S. productivity levels during the postwar period and finds strong evidence for this phenomenon up to 1990, with rapid growth in … investment, education, and R&D in OECD countries accounting for the catch-up. The process of convergence seems to have ended in …

living, the postwar productivity convergence experience among OECD countries, price cap regulation and productivity growth …This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa … productivity for improving living standards and quality of life. We will be publishing twice a year articles from leading …

In the paper, productivity convergence is analyzed with a broad panel of industry sector data for the United States and …-up is due to capital-deepening, but most of it is total factor productivity convergence, i.e. endogenous growth models … Germany for 1960-1990. The time-series/cross-sectoral data set allows to investigate country-specific convergence, and to …