overview of the ICOP manufacturing database. They note that the novelty of the ICOP approach is the derivation and use of … finding that emerges from their research is the difference between labour productivity levels measured in terms of output per … person employed and per hour. By the former measure, the United States has by a wide margin the highest level of labour …

economic boom and lessons for other countries; productivity trends in OECD countries; international comparisons of labour … productivity levels in manufacturing; productivity trends in the construction sector in Canada; and a review of Angus Maddison …