Industrial productivity in Europe : growth and crisis

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Author:

Mas, Matilde.

ISBN:

9780857932099

Publication Information:

Cheltenham, glos, uk ; Northampton, mass. : Edward elgar pub., 2012.

Physical Description:

ix, 485 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I OVERVIEW -- 1.Productivity in the advanced countries: from expansion to crisis / Matilde Mas -- 2.Information technology and US productivity growth: evidence from a prototype industry production account / Jon D. Samuels -- 3.Europe's productivity performance in comparative perspective: trends, causes and recent developments / Marcel P. Timmer -- pt. II COUNTRY CHAPTERS -- 4.Productivity transitions in large mature economies: France, Germany and the UK / Mary O'Mahony -- 5.Productivity performance in three small European countries: Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands / Henry van der Wiel -- 6.Spain and Italy: catching-up and falling behind - two different tales of productivity slowdown / Lorenzo Serrano -- 7.Growth in the Nordic market economy / Hans-Olof Hagen -- 8.Growth resurgence, productivity catching-up and labour demand in Central and Eastern European countries / Robert Stehrer --

Contents note continued: 9.Estimates of total factor productivity, the contribution of ICT, and resource reallocation effects in Japan and Korea / Keun Hee Rhee -- pt. III SPECIFIC TOPICS -- 10.Rates of return and alternative measures of capital input: 14 countries and ten branches, 1971-2005 / Ana Rincon-Aznar -- 11.Productivity convergence across industries and countries: the importance of theory-based measurement / Marcel P. Timmer -- 12.Skills and the competitiveness of EU manufacturing industries / Robert Stehrer -- 13.The effects of high-tech capital, FDI and outsourcing on demand for skills in West and East / Robert Stehrer -- 14.The Dutch productivity performance: cross your border and look around / Eugene van der Pijll -- 15.International comparison of productivity in market services: Korea with EU KLEMS member countries / Hak Kil Pyo.

Subject Term:

Industrial productivity -- European Union countries.

Industrial productivity -- United States.

Industrial productivity -- Japan.

Industrial productivity -- Korea (South)

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Mas, Matilde.

Stehrer, Robert.

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Summary

This book analyzes growth at the total economy and industry level from an international perspective, providing unique cross-country comparisons. The authors focus on the EU-25 countries but also include the US, Japan and Korea. The chapters explore growth patterns from a long-run perspective, although greater attention is paid to the period of expansion from 1995-2007 and the post 2008 period of crisis. Each contribution builds on a common methodology based on a detailed database providing a high degree of disaggregation with respect to the industries and factors accounting for growth. The role played by ICT is expertly emphasized, in particular the different paths followed in the US and the EU.

This topical book will prove to be an unrivalled source of comparative data for academics, practitioners and policy makers alike.

Contributors: H. Creusen, P. Esposito, K. Fukao, M. Gornig, B. Gorzig, H.-O. Hagen, P. Havlik, M.S. Ho, R. Inklaar, D.W. Jorgenson, C. Kegels, H.J. Kim, M. Landesmann, S. Leitner, M. Mas, C. Milana, T. Miyagawa, L. Nayman, M. O'Mahony, N. Oulton, M. Peneder, H.K. Pyo, K.H. Rhee, A. Rincon-Aznar, J.D. Samuels, L. Serrano, R. Stehrer, M.P. Timmer, B. van Ark, E. van der Pijll, H. van der Wiel, G. van Leeuwen