Screen LibraryProductivity convergence : theory and evidence /
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge surveys of economic literature
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 524 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-492) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521664417 : 0521664411 |
| Index Number: | HB241 |
| CLC: | F014.1 |
| Call Number: | F014.1/W855 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- An overview of modern growth theory -- The measurement and estimation of productivity growth -- Long-term record among the advanced industrial countries -- Postwar record on productivity performance on the aggregate level among the advanced industrial countries -- Further details on the role of education and technology in the productivity performance among the advanced industrial countries -- Productivity performance on the industry level among the advanced industrial countries -- The productivity slowdown -- Postwar economic performance among countries of the world -- Recapitulation and future prospects for growth. |