In the 1990s, measured productivity growth decelerated dramatically in Japan. However, the standard Solow residuals may … important role in lowering measured productivity growth relative to true technology growth. Our results thus cast doubt on the … explanation of Japans "lost decade" that attributes the prolonged slump to the observed productivity slowdown. …

the decline in manufacturing employment is associated mainly with rising labour productivity in manufacturing …

How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during …

In this paper, we argue that fundamental reforms of the Swedish business sector can explain the remarkable productivity … firms substantially contributed to productivity and employment growth during this period, which suggests that the …

prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. … examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity … firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model …

prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. … examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity … firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model …

implications of individual income tax reforms for innovation and aggregate productivity growth. In the model, innovation comes from …We formulate and estimate a general equilibrium model of innovation-led growth and use it to evaluate the quantitative … well for the observed movements in TFP, labor productivity, hours worked and number of firms per capita during the “Reagan …

-on empirical work, Bloom, Jones, Van Reenen and Webb (2020) document declining research productivity across a number of domains …, and interpret the decline as fishing out. However, it's possible productivity has declined for other reasons, e.g., that …

We analyze the effect of ICT and R&D on total factor productivity (TFP) growth across different industries in Sweden. R …