Changes in the world distribution of output-per-worker 1960-98: how a standard decomposition tells an unorthodox story
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- Beaudry, Paul & Collard, Fabrice & Green, David A., 2003. "Changes in the World Distribution of Output-per-Worker 1960-98 : How a Standard Decomposition tells an Unorthodox Story," IDEI Working Papers 190, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
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- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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