productivity convergence and its speed at the country, region and industry levels simultaneously. The results show that conditional …

productivity change; when expenditure on consumer durables is recorded as capital investment. The capitalization of consumer … durables impacts both the levels and growth rates of the capital stock, productivity and GDP. Our growth accounting … productivity growth in 1995-2004. ICT's impacts were larger, i.e., one-fifth of GVA growth and one-sixth of labour productivity …

We analyze productivity growth differentials across the EU in the perspective of intangible, as well as tangible … contributed to labor productivity growth in the best performing European economies/regions. Moreover, we find evidence that …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … of techies on productivity operates mostly through ICT and other techies, not R&D workers. Engineers have a greater …

gains in labor productivity in recent decades in many developing countries. This paper offers a new perspective into the …. We argue that subnational differences in the intersectoral productivity gap between the nonfarm informal and formal … sectors constrain the productivity gain from structural transformation. In Ghana, intersectoral productivity gaps among the …

the south of the country, (2) the effect of the mining output shock on output and productivity growth in other sectors …

The authors provide an extensive review of the rapidly expanding research on productivity, both at the macro and micro …, especially the United States, where such work sheds important light on particular aspects of productivity growth. The authors … identify areas for further research. -- Productivity …

ICT capital is an important driver of productivity growth. Using data from the EUKLEMS growth accounts, we show that … ICT has made smaller contributions to labour productivity growth in the EU-15 than in the US, both at the macro level and … productivity (TFP) growth – sharply declined in Europe and has remained weak since the mid-1990s whereas the US has seen …

This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of …