A comparative analysis of manufacturing in Germany, Japan and the United States is provided using measures related to levels of relative prices, comparative productivity and unit labour costs.

A comparative analysis of manufacturing in Germany, Japan and the United States is provided using measures related to levels of relative prices, comparative productivity and unit labour costs.

In this paper, comparative levels of productivity in the manufacturing sectors of France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States are measured on the basis of the "industry of origin" approach. Value added for each country is converted to a common currency by an...

We provide comparisons between East and West Germany before reunification of relative levels of output per hour in manufacturing industries. The comparisons are based on the industry of origin approach which makes use of information on value added and employment derived from production...

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for R&D expenditure in 19 manufacturing industries are developed for France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom relative to the United States for the years 1997 and 1987. These PPPs are based on R&D input prices for specific cost categories...

This study is concerned with the conceptual and measurement problems which arise in comparisons of levels of per capita output and productivity in different countries. The author stresses the reliance of standarized valuations of the different elements of output rather than official exchange...

The advances made in the production and use of information and communication technology (ICT) during the past decades may have potentially large effects for long term economic growth. Indeed the substantial acceleration in real GDP growth in many OECD countries, but in particular in the United...