Explaining the US-EU productivity growth gap: Structural change vs. intra-sectoral effect

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 2
Pages: 311-313

Authors (3)

Maudos, Joaqui­n (Instituto Valenciano de Invest...) Pastor, José Manuel (Instituto Valenciano de Invest...) Serrano, Lorenzo (Instituto Valenciano de Invest...)

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Abstract

This paper proposes a decomposition of labour productivity growth in the EU15 and the the US since the mid 1990s. The results suggest that the EU's relative slowdown is due to modest "pure" gains of productivity within sectors.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:2:p:311-313
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25