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Divergences in Productivity Between Europe and the United States |
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Edited by Gilbert Cette,Michel Fouquin& Hans-Werner Sinn
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In the 1990s, labour productivity growth accelerated in the United States, yet slowed down in other industrialised countries, reversing a three decade long tendency of convergence. The book explores this phenomenon. It first identifies the methodological and statistical problems involved in measuring productivity and making cross-country comparisons in this area. Then the role of factor accumulation for the diverging trends across the OECD world, with a particular focus on the dispersion of information and communication technology (ICT), is reviewed. In-depth studies of single countries provide further insights regarding growth trends in the United States, Japan, Germany, and France. Finally, empirical investigations regarding the determinants of productivity growth at an international level complement the analyses. The results stress that public infrastructure and education, employment rates and working hours, and ICT spending play an important role in explaining the existing differences in levels and changes of productivity.
This comprehensive book, on recent research regarding international gaps in productivity growth, will be of great interest to policy advisors and academics, political decision-makers and students of economics, business administration, international business and international policy. |
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| Introduction: Measuring and Explaining Productivity Gaps Between Developed Countries |
Gilbert Cette
Michel Fouquin
Hans-Werner Sinn
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| 1. Comparing Growth in GDP and Labour Productivity: Measurement Issues |
Nadim Ahmad
François Lequiller
Pascal Marianna
Dirk Pilat
Paul Schreyer
Anita Wolfl
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| 2. The Breaks in Per Capita Productivity: Trends in a Number of Industrial Countries |
Tristan Pierre-Maury
Bertrand Pluyaud
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| 3. ICT Diffusion and Potential Output Growth |
Gilbert Cette
Jacques Mairesse
Yusuf Kocogluc
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| 4. Yeasty Investment and Mushroom Productivity Growth: an Industry Perspective on European and American Performance, 1987-2003 |
Robert Inklaar
Marcel Timmer
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| 5. Growth Patterns in the OECD Area: Evidence from the Aggregate, Industry and Firm Level |
Dirk Pilat
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| 6. Information Technology and the G7 Economies |
Dale Jorgenson
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| 7. Productivity, Innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe |
Bart van Ark
Marcin Piatkowski
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| 8. Information Technology and the Japanese Economy |
Dale Jorgensen
Kazuyuki Motohashi
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| 9. Outsourcing and Productivity Growth: Sectoral Evidence from Germany |
Theo Eicher
Thomas Fuchs
Hans-Günther Vieweg
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| 10. Determinants of Productivity per Employee: an Empirical Estimation using Panel Data |
Nicolas Belorgey
Rémy Lecat
Tristan-Pierre Maury
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| 11. Labour Quality and Skill Biased Technological Change in France |
Johanna Melka
Laurence Nayman
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Edward Elgar Publishing
November 2007 |
