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Transatlantic Technologies : The Role of ICT in the Evolution of U.S. and European Productivity Growth

Gordon, Robert J. - 2020

aggregate of ten Western European nations (the EU-10) from 1977 to 2015. We find that the standard growth accounting approach is …. Using industry-level data from EU KLEMS, we find that most of the 1995-2005 U.S. productivity growth revival was driven by … ICT-intensive industries producing market services and computer hardware. In contrast the EU-10 experienced a 1995 …

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The Role of Labor Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth

Dew-Becker, Ian - 2008

, productivity growth in the EU-15 has slowed while that in the United States has accelerated. But Europe's productivity growth … between the EU and US going back to 1980. This paper is about the strong negative tradeoff between productivity and employment … employment growth across countries and time. Our primary explanatory variables to explain both the revival of EU employment …

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Two Centuries of Economic Growth : Europe Chasing the American Frontier

Gordon, Robert J. - 2004

Starting from the same level of productivity and per-capita income as the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, Europe fell behind steadily to a level of barely half in 1950, and then began a rapid catch-up. While Europe's level of productivity has almost converged, its income per person...

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Why was Europe Left at the Station When America's Productivity Locomotive Departed?

Gordon, Robert J. - 2004

After fifty years of catching up to the United States level of productivity, since 1995 Europe has been falling behind. The growth rate in output per hour over 1995-2003 in Europe was just half that in the United States, and this annual growth shortfall caused the level of European productivity...

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