This paper studies the effect of structural change on the historical path of aggregate labor productivity growth for a … that structural change may have on future productivity growth. We document that the observed reallocation of economic … activity since the 1970s towards the service sector has exerted a strongly negative effect on aggregate productivity growth in …

sectoral transformation, and labour productivity growth in the EU in several new dimensions. First, based on the latest data …, we document the size of the negative effect that structural change has exerted onto productivity growth over long time … structural change may have on future productivity growth. This model generates structural change through both price and income …

This paper assesses the possible dynamic effects of occupational entry regulations (OER) on productivity. It combines … firm-level productivity data with a new cross-country policy indicator measuring the stringency of OER by the presence of … contribution of personal and professional services to aggregate productivity growth via two channels: the acceleration of their …