/Normal” distribution, depending on the underlying elasticity of substitution between technology components. We find the tail of the “CES …

Aggregate productivity and aggregate technology are meaningful but distinct concepts. We show that a slightly modified … Solow productivity residual measures changes in economic welfare, even when productivity and technology differ because of …-technological gaps between productivity and technology, gaps reflecting imperfections and frictions in output and factor markets …

The goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of technology investments on production efficiency in manufacturing … companies and how different these relationships are for low-technology and high-technology companies. The empirical part was … in labour intensity in low technology enterprises. The technological investments have a positive impact on labour …

technology in a panel of 19 sub -Saharan African countries between 1960 and 2003. Our findings indicate different roles played by … technology(the main source of productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa) whilst tertiary school attainment (skilled labour) plays … adoption of technology and innovation. Technological “catch-up” remains a significant element in productivity growth in sub …

economies are utilizing advances in technology. However, this measure is problematic on several different dimensions. First, the … idea that it is possible to separate out the relative contribution to economic output of labor, capital, and technology …

equipment for the capital stock. However, our main contribution is to assess the role of technology diffusion to TFP growth … by quality-adjusted factors, although education and technology diffusion contribute to explain the US earlier wave in the … 1930s-1940s. Finally, technology diffusion, as captured through our two general purpose technologies, leaves between 0 …