across countries and sectors. On the other hand, opening to trade boosts individual firms’ productivity growth, via a number … of channels, and also enhances allocative efficiency across firms, in turn increasing aggregate productivity growth. One …

This paper focuses on investment in research and development as a factor of labour productivity and economic growth … productivity (expressed in the number of hours worked) based on selected data for EU Member States in the period 1995-2013. A … development (2.85% of EU GDP) maximising productivity (per hour of work) was determined based on the examined data. In accordance …

Since the early 1990s, there have been larger and increasing labor productivity differences across industries in Japan … productivity performance. …