Research Catalog

Title

Economic Growth in the OECD Area [electronic resource]: Recent Trends at the Aggregate and Sectoral Level / Stefano Scarpetta ... [et al]

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

Details

Additional Authors

• Scarpetta, Stefano.
• Bassanini, Andrea.
• Pilat, Dirk.
• Schreyer, Paul.

Description

131 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This paper discusses growth performance in the OECD countries over the past two decades. Special attention is given to developments in labour productivity, allowing for human capital accumulation, and multifactor productivity (MFP), allowing for changes in the composition and quality of physical capital. The paper suggests wide (and growing) disparities in GDP per capita growth, while differences in labour productivity have remained broadly stable. These patterns are explained by different employment growth rates across countries. In the most recent years, a rise in MFP growth in ICT-related industries has boosted aggregate growth in some countries (e.g. the United States) ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.248

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.248.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/843888182178

OCLC

oecd-lib-002440

Title

Economic Growth in the OECD Area [electronic resource]: Recent Trends at the Aggregate and Sectoral Level / Stefano Scarpetta ... [et al]

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.248

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.248.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/843888182178

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Scarpetta, Stefano.

Bassanini, Andrea.

Pilat, Dirk.

Schreyer, Paul.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/843888182178 doi