Convergence of Productivity : Cross-National Studies and Historical Evidence.

Convergence of Productivity : Cross-National Studies and Historical Evidence.

This comprehensive study is a collection of original articles that view the current state of knowledge of the convergence hypothesis. The hypothesis asserts that at least since the Second World War, and perhaps for a considerable period before that, the group of industrial countries was growing incr...

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Main Author: Baumol, William J.
Other Authors: Nelson, Richard R., Wolff, Edward N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Industrial productivity > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Income > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Economic history > 1945- > Congresses.
Comparative economics > Congresses.
Comparative economics
Economic history
Income
Industrial productivity
Technological innovations > Economic aspects
Conference papers and proceedings
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; 1 Introduction: The Convergence of Productivity, Its Significance, and Its Varied Connotations; 2 Explaining the Economic Performance of Nations, 1820-1989; 3 Multivariate Growth Patterns: Contagion and Common Forces as Possible Sources of Convergence; 4 Catch-up and Convergence in the Postwar Growth Boom and After; 5 The Erosion of U.S. Technological Leadership as a Factor in Postwar Economic Convergence; 6 Social Organization and Technological Leadership; 7 Capital Intensity and TFP Convergence by Industry in Manufacturing, 1963-1985.

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