of manufacturing labour productivity in Germany compared to Britain between 1895 and 1938. In this paper, we re … labour productivity in German manufacturing in 1907 was about 8.4 percent higher than in Britain. This is slightly different … from our earlier finding of a German productivity advantage of only 5 percent, but substantially below Ritschl's claim of a …

Recent research on international productivity comparisons with historical data has encountered large discrepancies … argued that for Hoffmann's (1965) widely accepted time series for German industrial output, there is no such productivity …-German benchmark and the time series projection is considerable. Attempting to reconcile the time series evidence and the productivity …

We study the productivity level distributions of manufacturing firms in France and Germany, and how these distributions … evolved across the Great Recession. We show the presence of a systematic productivity advantage of German firms over French … the productivity distribution. We also highlight the role of sectoral growth, firm size and export intensity in explaining …

We study the productivity level distributions of manufacturing firms in France and Germany, and how these distributions … evolved across the Great Recession. We show the presence of a systematic productivity advantage of German firms over French … the productivity distribution. We also highlight the role of sectoral growth, firm size and export intensity in explaining …

The purpose of this article is to study the trends in per capita productivity in several major industrialised countries …, France and the United Kingdom. Productivity trends are then studied over a shorter period, using quarterly data, for the … United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands. There are already a large number of …

Recent research on international productivity comparisons with historical data has encountered large discrepancies … argued that for Hoffmann´s (1965) widely accepted time series for German industrial output, there is no such productivity …

highlight the timeliness of pursuing this approach and its comparison with the East Asian model of development with emphasis on …

Recent research on international productivity comparisons with historical data has encountered large discrepancies … argued that for Hoffmann’s (1965) widely accepted time series for German industrial output, there is no such productivity …-German benchmark and the time series projection is considerable. Attempting to reconcile the time series evidence and the productivity …

The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP …. During the last 25 years, productivity growth has also known contrasted developments in the four countries, in particular as … been characterised by: (i) rapid economic growth and large productivity gains in the four countries; (ii) a decline in …