LEADER 04123nam 2200733 450 001 9910825731803321 005 20230421042354.0 010 $a0-19-770269-4 010 $a1-280-44359-6 010 $a0-19-972940-9 010 $a1-4237-3886-1 010 $a0-19-535926-7 010 $a1-60129-939-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000028702 035 $a(EBL)4701762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130249 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134402 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130249 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082711 035 $a(PQKB)10598850 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4701762 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273279 035 $a(OCoLC)475956874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701762 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000028702 100 $a20161011h19941994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConvergence of productivity $ecross-national studies and historical evidence /$fedited by William J. Baumol, Richard R. Nelson, Edward N. Wolff 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford, England,$d1994. 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 300 $a"This book is a compendium of papers presented at New York University in the spring of 1992 at a conference on the convergence hypothesis." 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-508389-X 311 $a0-19-508390-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Contributors; Part I: General Patterns of Convergence; 1 Introduction: The Convergence of Productivity, Its Significance, and Its Varied Connotations; 2 Explaining the Economic Performance of Nations, 1820-1989; 3 Multivariate Growth Patterns: Contagion and Common Forces as Possible Sources of Convergence; 4 Catch-up and Convergence in the Postwar Growth Boom and After; Part II: Technological Leadership; 5 The Erosion of U.S. Technological Leadership as a Factor in Postwar Economic Convergence; 6 Social Organization and Technological Leadership 327 $aPart III: What Lies Behind Convergence? 7 Capital Intensity and TFP Convergence by Industry in Manufacturing, 1963-1985; 8 Have International Differences in Educational Attainment Levels Narrowed?; 9 What Explains the Growth of Developing Countries?; Part IV: The NICs and the LDCs; 10 Multinational Corporations and Productivity Convergence in Mexico; 11 Staying Behind, Stumbling Back, Sneaking Up, Soaring Ahead: Late Industrialization in Historical Perspective; 12 Social Indicators and Productivity Convergence in Developing Countries; Index; 330 $aThis collection of original articles looks at the convergence hypothesis, which asserts that since the Second World War, industrial countries were growing increasingly homogeneous in terms of productivity, technology, and per capita incomes. The book examines patterns displayed by individual industries within countries as well as the aggregate economies, influences that underlie the process of convergence, and the role that convergence has played and promises to play in the future. Contributors include: Moses Abramovitz, Alice M. Amsden, Magnus Blomstrom, David Dollar, Takashi Hikino, Gregory 606 $aIndustrial productivity$xHistory$y20th century$vCongresses 606 $aIncome$xHistory$y20th century$vCongresses 606 $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects$xHistory$y20th century$vCongresses 606 $aComparative economics$vCongresses 606 $aEconomic history$y1945-$vCongresses 615 0$aIndustrial productivity$xHistory 615 0$aIncome$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aComparative economics 615 0$aEconomic history 676 $a338.06 702 $aBaumol$b William J. 702 $aNelson$b Richard R. 702 $aWolff$b Edward N. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825731803321 996 $aConvergence of Productivity$9694555 997 $aUNINA