Convergence of productivity : cross-national studies and historical evidence / / edited by William J. Baumol, Richard R. Nelson, Edward N. Wolff

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford, England, , 1994; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.06
• Soggetto topico: Industrial productivity - History - 20th century; Income - History - 20th century; Technological innovations - Economic aspects - History - 20th century; Comparative economics; Economic history - 1945-
• Persona (resp. second.): BaumolWilliam J.; NelsonRichard R.; WolffEdward N.
• Note generali: "This book is a compendium of papers presented at New York University in the spring of 1992 at a conference on the convergence hypothesis."; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; Part 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Convergence of Productivity
• ISBN: 0-19-770269-4; 1-280-44359-6; 0-19-972940-9; 1-4237-3886-1; 0-19-535926-7; 1-60129-939-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825731803321
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