We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers' convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

labour productivity fell in the UK. And we consider the evolution of the aggregate depreciation rate and of capital …

firms with different levels of productivity. A common problem is that most firm level dataset do not contain information on … output prices of firms which makes it difficult to distinguish between productivity differences and differences in market … power between firms. This paper develops a new econometric framework that allows estimating both firm specific productivity …

A startling fact of firm level productivity analysis is the large and persistent differences in both labour … productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) between firms in narrowly defined sectoral classes. The competitiveness of an … industry is potentially an important factor explaining this productivity dispersion. The degree of competition has also …

three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro …