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Développement des Enseignements Pratiques et Modernes et Croissance Economique en France et en Prusse à la fin du 19ème siècle.
Chapelain, Charlotte Le - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), … - 2008
Dans cet article, nous proposons une analyse cliométrique de la contribution de l’essor des enseignements pratiques et modernes à la croissance économique en France et en Prusse de 1870 à la veille de la première guerre mondiale. Dans une perspective historique et institutionnelle, notre...
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The impact of ICT capital accumulation - A complete macroeconomic framework
AUDENIS, C.; DEROYON, J.; FOURCADE, N. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2002
The paper aims at assessing the net impact of the accumulation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) capital on the economy. In a first part, focusing on the supply-side of the economy, we show that the growth accounting methodology cannot provide us with a measure of the net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001119
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Review Article on The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective by Angus Maddison
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 3 (2001) Fall, pp. 69-78
, with particular emphasis on his estimates of population, real GDP, and real GDP per capita for very long periods, going …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518964
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The Early 21st Century U.S. Productivity Expansion is Still in Services
Bosworth, Barry P.; Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 14 (2007) Spring, pp. 3-19
Labour productivity in the U.S. non-farm business sector grew two and a half per cent per year during the 1995-2005 period, nearly double its growth rate over the previous two decades. Services sector labour productivity (LP) and multifactor productivity (MFP) grew more rapidly and substantially...
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Benchmarking Canada's Economic Performance
Cotis, Jean-Philippe - In: International Productivity Monitor 13 (2006) Fall, pp. 3-20
While Canada's economic record over the past decade or so is enviable, GDP per capita remains distinctly below US … political economy hurdles standing in the way of reform. A related issue is whether GDP is a reasonable proxy for well … other indicators need to be considered as well alongside GDP. …
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Importance économique de l'agriculture dans la lutte contre la pauvreté
Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila - 2010
La Déclaration du millénaire fixe à 2015 la date butoir pour la réalisation de l’objectif visant à réduire de moitié le nombre de personnes qui vivent dans l’extrême pauvreté. Compte tenu des résultats exceptionnels obtenus dans certains pays en développement, la possibilité...
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Measuring Productivity Performance by Industry in China, 1980-2005
Wu, Harry X. - In: International Productivity Monitor 15 (2007) Fall, pp. 55-74
Using the author’s recently constructed data set, this article measures the productivity performance of China’s 19 manufacturing industries, four mining industries, plus utilities, over the reform period 1980-2005. The approach is based on neoclassical assumptions on institutional settings...
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Canada's Recent Productivity Record and Capital Accumulation
Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 24-38
In this article, Someshwar Rao, Jiamin Tang and Weimin Wang of Industry Canada examine the impact of capital accumulation on Canada's recent productivity record. A key finding is that the widening of the Canada-U.S. labour productivity gap in both the business sector and in manufacturing in the...
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 16 (2008) Spring, pp. 1-2
This sixteenth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standard contains five articles. Topics covered are: multifactor productivity growth and innovation in the Canadian business sector;an analysis of Canadian labour productivity growth...
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Future Productivity Growth in Canada: Comparing to the United States
Macklem, Tiff - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 50-57
based on the increased share of machinery and equipment investment in GDP, Canada's high degree of exposure to international …
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