Boosting Productivity via Innovation and Adoption of New Technologies : Any Role for Labor Market Institutions?

Boosting Productivity via Innovation and Adoption of New Technologies : Any Role for Labor Market Institutions?

The authors present empirical evidence on the determinants of industry-level multifactor productivity growth. They focus on "traditional factors," including the process of technological catch up, human capital, and research and developmen...

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Main Authors:	Scarpetta, Stefano, Tressel, Thierry
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING BASE YEAR BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL-LABOR CAPITAL-LABOR RATIO CLIMATE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT RETURNS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS COUNTRY COMPARISONS DECREASING RETURNS DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL EXPECTED RETURNS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PATH GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO SAVE INCOME INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INNOVATION INVENTORY LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR INPUT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAWS LEGISLATION MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET POWER OLDER PEOPLE OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL PENALTIES PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY MAKERS PRICE LEVELS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PURCHASING POWER RELATIVE PRICES ROLE OF INNOVATION SAVINGS SHARE OF LABOR SUNK COSTS TECHNICAL CHANGE TECHNICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TIME SERIES TOTAL COSTS TRADE UNIONS WAGES WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH INNOVATION IN BUSINESS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS LABOR MARKET NEXUS FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK MANUFACTURING SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY RATE OF RETURN ADJUSTMENT COSTS EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ON THE JOB TRAINING WAGE CONTROLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3227079/boosting-productivity-innovation-adoption-new-technologies-role-labor-market-institutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14748

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3227079/boosting-productivity-innovation-adoption-new-technologies-role-labor-market-institutions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14748

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