This paper quantifies the contribution of information technology (IT) to growth in France at the macro-level. On the labour side, the paper also provides evidence of the role played by hours worked, by stressing the contributions of various factors to labour quality and the way they affected...

Cet article propose une evaluation comptable de la croissance de la productivite horaire en comparaison internationale. Au niveau macro-economique, les resultats indiquent une contribution des TIC environ deux fois plus elevee dans les pays anglo-saxons qu'en France ou en Allemagne, alors que...

There is increasing empirical evidence that trade specialisation and competition takes place in varieties rather than in products or industries. This paper examines recent changes in the export specialisation of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and their Asian competitors by looking at...

[fre] Le poids des créances douteuses en Chine est estimé à 391 Md$ (y compris créances détenues par les autorités de défaisance). Aujourd’hui, les créances douteuses ne constituent pas un gros problème. Le risque de crise financière est exclu. L’économie chinoise dispose de...

This study compares French and German manufacturing price levels in 2007 and investigates in both countries over the 1991-2010 period value added price growth rates in manufacturing and services. Using the ICOP methodology and the data from the Eurostat production surveys, we calculate...