Edited by Matilde Mas, University of Valencia and Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), Spain and Robert Stehrer, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria

• Contents: IntroductionMatilde Mas and Robert Stehrer PART I: OVERVIEW1. Productivity in the Advanced Countries: From Expansion to CrisisMatilde Mas2. Information Technology and US Productivity Growth: Evidence from a Prototype Industry Production AccountDale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Jon D. Samuels 3. Europe’s Productivity Performance in Comparative Perspective: Trends, Causes and Recent DevelopmentsBart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony and Marcel P. Timmer PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS4. Productivity Transitions in Large Mature Economies: France, Germany and the UKBernd Görzig, Martin Gornig, Laurence Nayman and Mary O’Mahony 5. Productivity Performance in Three Small European Countries: Austria, Belgium and the NetherlandsChantal Kegels, Michael Peneder and Henry van der Wiel 6 Spain and Italy: Catching-up and Falling Behind – Two Different Tales of Productivity SlowdownMatilde Mas, Carlo Milana and Lorenzo Serrano 7. Growth in the Nordic Market EconomyHans-Olof Hagén 8 Growth Resurgence, Productivity Catching-up and Labour Demand in Central and Eastern European CountriesPeter Havlik, Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer 9. Estimates of Total Factor Productivity, the Contribution of ICT, and Resource Reallocation Effects in Japan and KoreaKyoji Fukao, Tsutomu Miyagawa, Hak Kil Pyo and Keun Hee Rhee PART III: SPECIFIC TOPICS10. Rates of Return and Alternative Measures of Capital Input: 14 Countries and Ten Branches, 1971–2005 Nicholas Oulton and Ana Rincón-Aznar 11. Productivity Convergence Across Industries and Countries: The Importance of Theory-based Measurement Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer 12. Skills and the Competitiveness of EU Manufacturing IndustriesMichael Landesmann and Robert Stehrer 13. The Effects of High-tech Capital, FDI and Outsourcing on Demand for Skills in West and EastPiero Esposito and Robert Stehrer 14. The Dutch Productivity Performance: Cross Your Border and Look AroundHenry van der Wiel, Harold Creusen, George van Leeuwen and Eugene van der Pijll 15. International Comparison of Productivity in Market Services: Korea with EU KLEMS Member CountriesHyun Jeong Kim and Hak Kil Pyo Index

Edited by Matilde Mas, University of Valencia and Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), Spain and Robert Stehrer, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria

• Contents: IntroductionMatilde Mas and Robert Stehrer PART I: OVERVIEW1. Productivity in the Advanced Countries: From Expansion to CrisisMatilde Mas2. Information Technology and US Productivity Growth: Evidence from a Prototype Industry Production AccountDale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Jon D. Samuels 3. Europe’s Productivity Performance in Comparative Perspective: Trends, Causes and Recent DevelopmentsBart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony and Marcel P. Timmer PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS4. Productivity Transitions in Large Mature Economies: France, Germany and the UKBernd Görzig, Martin Gornig, Laurence Nayman and Mary O’Mahony 5. Productivity Performance in Three Small European Countries: Austria, Belgium and the NetherlandsChantal Kegels, Michael Peneder and Henry van der Wiel 6 Spain and Italy: Catching-up and Falling Behind – Two Different Tales of Productivity SlowdownMatilde Mas, Carlo Milana and Lorenzo Serrano 7. Growth in the Nordic Market EconomyHans-Olof Hagén 8 Growth Resurgence, Productivity Catching-up and Labour Demand in Central and Eastern European CountriesPeter Havlik, Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer 9. Estimates of Total Factor Productivity, the Contribution of ICT, and Resource Reallocation Effects in Japan and KoreaKyoji Fukao, Tsutomu Miyagawa, Hak Kil Pyo and Keun Hee Rhee PART III: SPECIFIC TOPICS10. Rates of Return and Alternative Measures of Capital Input: 14 Countries and Ten Branches, 1971–2005 Nicholas Oulton and Ana Rincón-Aznar 11. Productivity Convergence Across Industries and Countries: The Importance of Theory-based Measurement Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer 12. Skills and the Competitiveness of EU Manufacturing IndustriesMichael Landesmann and Robert Stehrer 13. The Effects of High-tech Capital, FDI and Outsourcing on Demand for Skills in West and EastPiero Esposito and Robert Stehrer 14. The Dutch Productivity Performance: Cross Your Border and Look AroundHenry van der Wiel, Harold Creusen, George van Leeuwen and Eugene van der Pijll 15. International Comparison of Productivity in Market Services: Korea with EU KLEMS Member CountriesHyun Jeong Kim and Hak Kil Pyo Index

Edited by Matilde Mas, University of Valencia and Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), Spain and Robert Stehrer, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria

• Contents: IntroductionMatilde Mas and Robert Stehrer PART I: OVERVIEW1. Productivity in the Advanced Countries: From Expansion to CrisisMatilde Mas2. Information Technology and US Productivity Growth: Evidence from a Prototype Industry Production AccountDale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Jon D. Samuels 3. Europe’s Productivity Performance in Comparative Perspective: Trends, Causes and Recent DevelopmentsBart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony and Marcel P. Timmer PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS4. Productivity Transitions in Large Mature Economies: France, Germany and the UKBernd Görzig, Martin Gornig, Laurence Nayman and Mary O’Mahony 5. Productivity Performance in Three Small European Countries: Austria, Belgium and the NetherlandsChantal Kegels, Michael Peneder and Henry van der Wiel 6 Spain and Italy: Catching-up and Falling Behind – Two Different Tales of Productivity SlowdownMatilde Mas, Carlo Milana and Lorenzo Serrano 7. Growth in the Nordic Market EconomyHans-Olof Hagén 8 Growth Resurgence, Productivity Catching-up and Labour Demand in Central and Eastern European CountriesPeter Havlik, Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer 9. Estimates of Total Factor Productivity, the Contribution of ICT, and Resource Reallocation Effects in Japan and KoreaKyoji Fukao, Tsutomu Miyagawa, Hak Kil Pyo and Keun Hee Rhee PART III: SPECIFIC TOPICS10. Rates of Return and Alternative Measures of Capital Input: 14 Countries and Ten Branches, 1971–2005 Nicholas Oulton and Ana Rincón-Aznar 11. Productivity Convergence Across Industries and Countries: The Importance of Theory-based Measurement Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer 12. Skills and the Competitiveness of EU Manufacturing IndustriesMichael Landesmann and Robert Stehrer 13. The Effects of High-tech Capital, FDI and Outsourcing on Demand for Skills in West and EastPiero Esposito and Robert Stehrer 14. The Dutch Productivity Performance: Cross Your Border and Look AroundHenry van der Wiel, Harold Creusen, George van Leeuwen and Eugene van der Pijll 15. International Comparison of Productivity in Market Services: Korea with EU KLEMS Member CountriesHyun Jeong Kim and Hak Kil Pyo Index