The role of the education in economic development is addressed in an endogenous growth model with R&D. When human capital is below a threshold level, the model predicts that it is optimal to accumulate skills as the only growth generating activity, whereas both innovation activities and...

This paper investigates the magnitude of the mismeasurement that occurs when only a few education categories are used in the construction of a constant quality index for labor input. By employing a very comprehensive data set it is found that the error resulting from the omission of information...

In a widely quoted paper-Bernard and Jones, AER December 1996-it is found that productivity in manufacturing does not show evidence of convergence across selected OECD countries. The main message in this comment is that the absence of convergence in manufacturing is not a robust finding. In...

The complementarity between investment in machinery and equipment (M&E) with IT and organizational changes for firm productivity growth is studied in this paper. In order to investigate whether this complementarity is a general phenomenon or rather relates to specific sectors, it is necessary to...

We investigate the effects of automation on total factor productivity (TFP). Using industry‐level panel data for nine countries, we find that a more intensive use of industrial robots has a significantly positive effect on TFP. Specifically, an increase of one standard deviation in the robot...

The role of learning and R&D in economic development is addressed in an endogenous growth model. When human capital is below a threshold level, the model predicts that skills are accumulated as the only growth-generating activity, whereas both innovation activities and learning drive growth...

The role of learning and R&D in economic development is addressed in an endogenous growth model. When human capital is below a threshold level, the model predicts that skills are accumulated as the only growth-generating activity, whereas both innovation activities and learning drive growth...

In a widely quoted paper - Bernard and Jones, AER December 1996 - it is found that productivity in manufacturing does not show evidence of convergence across selected OECD countries. The main message in this note is that the absence of convergence in manufacturing is not a robust finding. In...