Productivity (Figure)

Author: (USA) D.W. Jorgenson
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The author, Professor D.W. Jorgenson, is hailed as the "father of productivity" in the United States. The book consists of two volumes, primarily collecting the author's significant research findings on economic growth and productivity. Volume I studies post-war U.S. productivity and economic growth, measuring post-war U.S. economic growth and conducting new decompositions, with its results being one of the two most influential contributions to the study of post-war U.S. economic growth. This volume is the second of the two books on economic growth research, focusing on the international comparison of economic growth among industrialized countries. Volume I, Post-War U.S. Economic Growth, reveals that investment is the primary driver of U.S. economic growth after World War II. The purpose of the second volume is to conduct an economic comparative analysis of post-war economic growth in the United States and other industrialized countries, with the research focus centered on seven major countries: Canada, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the Group of Seven (G7).