differential across sectors in the marginal product of labour, changes in the structure of employment can raise aggregate total … factor productivity. The paper develops empirical growth models that allow for this effect in a more flexible way than …

We find very fast convergence in productivity for the 99 3-digit European industries over the 1985-1998 period …. According to our estimates half of any productivity gap is closed on average in 10 years. The speed of convergence is much … productivity catch up. Skill intensity fastens structural adjustment but seems to have no effect on convergence in productivity …

place of households in the economy as reflected by employment sector and geographical location, and the extent to which the … processes of growth, particularly through accessible and remunerative employment. …

The paper presents a decomposition of productivity gap between South-Korea and Estonia for the year 2006. After … presenting stylised facts related to income conver-gence, we apply shift-share analysis to explain the patterns of structural …-share analysis with using relative productivity indi-cators. Decomposition shows that the overall productivity gap is mainly related …

In recent times the employment effects of technical progress raised much intention. Will recent productivity gains lead … employment if product demand is elastic. It is accompanied, however, by shrinkage of employment if product demand is inelastic. A …, employment and national income for Germany provided by the Federal Statistical Office. We estimate Marshallian type demand …