Over the last two decades EU countries experienced diverging productivity growthdevelopments. By examining the sources … productivity growth as well.But those effects are only found for Nordic and Western Continental EU countries,while others are … lacking such effects. Moreover, these specialized and science-basedindustries experienced strong innovation and productivity …

Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or … higher growth of productivity and income per capita are associated with lower population growth. The medium-run prospects for …

Swiss GDP per capita stands amongst the top OECD performers. However, to face medium-term challenges productivity … productivity growth underperforming peer countries. Based on macroeconomic analysis and supported by firm-level data, results point … environment is a crucial element driving productivity and could explain some of the differences across cantons. It is also an …

Conventional R&D-based growth theory argues that productivity growth is driven by population growth but the data … suggest that the erstwhile positive correlation between population and productivity turned negative during the 20th century … explains why in modern economies high growth of productivity and income is associated with low or negative population growth …