Se establecen comparaciones entre distintos sectores o aspectos económicos en varios países, en diferentes momentos históricos. Se incluyen técnicas para establecer las comparaciones.
Why has European growth slowed down since the 1990s while American productivity growth has speeded up? This book provides a thorough and detailed analysis of the sources of growth from a comparative industry perspective. It argues that Europe's slow growth is the combined result of a severe productivity slowdown in traditional manufacturing and other goods production, and a concomitant failure to invest in and reap the benefits from Information and Communications Technology (ICT), in particular in market services. The analysis is based on rich new databases including the EU KLEMS growth accounting database and provides detailed background of the data construction. As such, the book provides new methodological perspectives and serves as a primer on the use of data in economic growth analysis. More generally, it illustrates to the research and policy community the benefits of analysis based on detailed data on the sources of economic growth.
Report "provides the latest in economic research and thought on productivity growth and living standards - how and why they differ around the world, and with what consequences.... The goal is to help business understand the sources of differences in economic performance"--P. 2.
This issue begins with an analysis of compuer and productivity growth in the United States and around the world. It provides an in-depth discussion of "productivity," ... then considers recent productivity differences between Germany and the United States. There is little evidence that Germany's poor economic performance in the 1990s is associated with technology problems..."--Pp. 2-3.
The global economy remains in a holding pattern, with weak productivity and slow investment growth playing against technology opportunities. Major improvement is unlikely anytime soon, but some economies may provide growth prospects.
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