Bibliogr. en fin de chap. Index

Part 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 Part 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 9. Estimates of total factor productivity, the contribution of ICT, and resource reallocation effects in Japan and Korea / Keun Hee Rhee Part 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