We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP … of productivity in the manufacturing sector remained the prerogative of major developed countries. Thirdly, several … countries succeeded in climbing the ladder through outstanding productivity growth. Fourthly, despite a clear hierarchy in terms …

This study conducts an international comparison of productivity and profitability. First, the level and growth of … productivity are compared in OECD countries for the period from 1975 to 2009. According to this comparison, productivity growth has … productivity, prices and labour compensation. The results show that profitability in Finnish manu-facturing is competitive because …

finding is that manufacturing shows little evidence of either labor productivity or multifactor productivity convergence … convergence results, the paper introduces a new measure of multifactor productivity which avoids many problems inherent to … traditional measures of total factor productivity when comparing productivity levels. The lack of convergence in manufacturing is …