-2000 period. An aggregate TFP measure based on these series appears quite similar to the multifactor productivity measure … constructed by the BLS. We find statistical evidence of structural breaks in the growth rate of our productivity measures in 1973 … and 1995. The first of these breaks appears to be due to an economy-wide productivity slowdown, while the second is …

expenditures increase measured productivity. These departures provide a novel quantitative theory to explain recessions like those …

Nation's standard of living in the long term depends on its ability to attain a high and rising level of productivity … in the industries in which its firms compete. Good productivity not only supports high levels of income but allows …

productivity or employment conditions. Moreover these conditions tend to be persitent across time, weakening the belief that once …

This paper estimates the impact of industrial agglomeration on firm-level productivity in Chinese manufacturing sectors … productivity-boosting effect, but agglomeration of urban population (i.e. urbanization) has no such effects. Additionally, the …

productivity. Using transaction-level data, we confirm that Chinese exporters add new products that are less capital-intensive than …

multinationals depend on the level of productivity and the exporting status of the domestic firm. Larger and more productive firms …

growth. This paper analyses the innovation-productivity relationship at the industry-level for a sample of OECD manufacturing … sectors of the economy on the innovative process of manufacturing and its consequences on productivity. We test for a …