The Economics of Productivity Book

This text provides an anthology of many of the leading papers on productivity analysis. Growth accounting and the development of product functions is covered by classic papers from Robert Solow, Dale Jorgenson, Edward Denison, and Angus Maddison. Part two of the book examines topics on the economics of research and development and technological spillovers from works by Zvi Griliches and Edwin Mansfield. Schumpeterian models of technological change are covered in articles by Richard Nelson and Sydney Winter. Other studies have also been provided by Moses Abramovitz and William Baumol on convergence in labour productivity among industrialized companies. The latter part of the volume considers endogenous growth theory and the input-output framework.