In this paper, we aim to bring the debate on the global productivity slowdown – which has largely been conducted from a … macroeconomic perspective – to a more micro-level. We show that a particularly striking feature of the productivity slowdown is not … so much a lower productivity growth at the global frontier, but rather rising labour productivity at the global frontier …

productivity growth. …

Swiss GDP per capita stands amongst the top OECD performers. However, to face medium-term challenges productivity … productivity growth underperforming peer countries. Based on macroeconomic analysis and supported by firm-level data, results point … environment is a crucial element driving productivity and could explain some of the differences across cantons. It is also an …

-based co-integration techniques to identify the factors that drive long run productivity growth. The results suggest that both … domestic technology capability building and foreign technology spillovers are important forces in determining India's long run …

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run …

accompanying revival of productivity growth, directly contributed both to faster output growth and to holding down the inflation … the United States, they did not prevent the US from experiencing a dismal period of slow productivity growth between 1972 … and 1995 nor from falling behind in numerous industries outside the IT sector. The 1995-2000 productivity growth revival …