The late 1990s saw one of the most rapid diffusions of a new technology seen in history. Within the space of 5 years the number of Internet users reached 50 million. This compares with the 13 years required by TV to reach the same number of users in the 1950s and 1960s, and the 40 years that...

This paper presents new calculations for the production and use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Finland from 1975 to 2001. ICT-production has in the late 1990s had significant impacts on growth and labour productivity (LP). As the increase in LP seems to have mushroomed...

The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance differs tremendously across developing countries. We...

Den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt kennzeichnen seit vielen Jahren niedrige Lohnzuwächse bei teilweise sogar sinkenden Reallöhnen. Vor dem Hintergrund einer globalisierten Wirtschaft scheint dieser Prozess zur Wahrung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit unausweichlich. Beschränkt man die Analyse auf die...

Development economists' disfavour with services as a viable engine of growth has been expressed both through theoretical and empirical analysis. One of the stylized facts of development economics is that share of services in employment increases only with the rise in per capita incomes. The...