Enflo, Kerstin; Baten, Jörg - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007
We employ a non-parametrical approach to growth accounting (Data Envelopment Analysis, DEA) to disentangle the proximate sources of labour productivity growth in 41 nations between 1929 and 1950 by decomposing productivity growth into four components: technological change; efficiency catch-up...