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The productivity slowdown puzzle of European countries: a focus on Italy

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  • Germana Giombini

    (Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo†, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Economia Società e Politica)

  • Francesco Perugini

    (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione)

  • Giuseppe Travaglini

    (Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo†, Facoltà di Economia, Dipartimento di Economia Società e Politica)

Abstract

With the end of the Twentieth century and the beginning of the new millennium many European countries, especially those of the Southern Europe, experienced a structural economic change. The slowdown of the GDP growth rate, the deterioration of labor productivity, total factor productivity and investments are all common facts. In this paper we use the growth accounting to measure the contribution of different sources to economic growth in some European countries and in U.S.. We attempt to disentangle the determinants of the European slowdown during the Great Recession, with a special focus on Italy. The analysis suggests that the productivity.

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  • Germana Giombini & Francesco Perugini & Giuseppe Travaglini, 2017. "The productivity slowdown puzzle of European countries: a focus on Italy," Argomenti, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics, vol. 6(6), pages 1-20, January-A.
    • Handle: RePEc:urb:journl:v:6:y:2017:p:1-20
    DOI: 10.14276/1971-8357.644
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    Keywords

    Labor Regulation; Productivity; Competitiveness; Growth Accounting.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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