generate substantial productivity improvements across EU member economies. Over a period of 10 years, the predicted increase in … labour productivity resulting from a bold reform package is around 10% for the average EU country, and new member States …

market play for productivity and firm dynamics. It exploits a new firm-level database for ten OECD countries and industry … and labour markets. Aggregate productivity patterns are largely the result of within-firm performance. But, the … play an important role. Industry productivity performance is negatively affected by strict product market regulations …

the case of Japan the gap in GDP per capita is essentially due to the lagging performance in labour productivity, the …

labour productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors. The small size and … groundwork for creating this advantage and for a pick-up in productivity growth. But in recent years, New Zealand has lost ground … regulation. Policies should be refocused around the productivity goal in a number of areas, beginning with those covered in this …

Productivity growth has declined since the late 1990s, slowing the catching-up process. Structural reforms to …

Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past decade, and efforts to reduce the regulatory burden have been …

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …