What Explains the Post-2004 U.S. Productivity Slowdown?

Economic theory and history show that labour productivity growth is the main driver of rising living standards, so changes in the trend rate of productivity growth have profound implications for a society’s future prosperity. The average annual rate of business sector labour productivity growth in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2018-04-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
Subjects:
ict
Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/34/murray.pdf