improved remarkably, driven by increases in labour productivity, which derived, in turn, from a more intense and efficient use …

productivity; southern regions have further lagged behind the rest of the country, and income inequality is on the rise. Italy has …

This paper examines the role of competition in British productivity performance over the period from the late … 1930s to the 1970s undermined productivity growth but since the 1970s stronger competition has been a key ingredient in … ending relative economic decline. The productivity implications of the retreat from competition resulted in large part from …

This paper examines the role of competition in productivity perfromance in Britain over the period from the late … 1930s to the 1970s undermined productivity growth but since the 1970s stronger competition has been a key ingredient in … ending relative economic decline. The productivity implications of the retreat from competition resulted in large part from …

feature of the recent strong economic growth in the region has been a remarkable upturn in both labour productivity and total … factor productivity. The considerable gains in productive efficiency and rapid technological change were triggered by wide … large margin increases in real GDP per capita. In terms of average productivity and real per capita income levels relative …

in order to explain the different performances of the two economies. We conclude that Portugal’s labour productivity lag …

and stepped-up productivity. To this end, New Europe should enhance incentives for saving, introduce counter …