„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average … to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster productivity growth accounted for over 90 per cent of the acceleration. „h The … capital shares in economywide income were stable throughout the 1990s. Concerns that productivity-enhancing factors have …

This study analyses the role played by adjustment costs and R&D investment prices in total R&D productivity. The … results show that on average, for each monetary unit increase in adjustment costs produces a fall in productivity of 0 …

high regional disparities, varying with the sector. We also find diverse combinations in productivity and unit price of …

This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and … country level data for 17 OECD countries. The paper relates to a large recent literature on productivity spillovers from … inward FDI, however, we also consider the relationship between productivity and outward FDI in the same estimation. Our …

There is a wide consensus that New Zealand’s productivity has been poor despite the comprehensive market …-oriented reforms of the 1980’s. This consensus is based on estimates of New Zealand’s productivity growth measured either in terms of … GDP per capita or total factor productivity (TFP). TFP is typically computed using growth accounting (i.e., calibrating a …

which the use of training and/or innovation by a workplace increases the likelihood that is has higher labour productivity … than its competitiors, and experiences high labour productivity growth. …

Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on … productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in …

raising labour force participation and productivity can partly offset the impacts of an ageing population. These would enhance …

analyses of public capital productivity have generally been limited to the official capital stock estimates available in a …

outlook. An Algebraic Model of the author infers that Productivity of the assisted nations should be with reference to their …