Quantitative aspects of post-war European economic growth /
[Book]
edited by Bart van Ark and Nicholas Crafts.
New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
xxii, 442 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Catch-up, convergence and the sources of post-war European growth: introduction and overview / Bart van Ark and Nicholas Crafts -- 2. Macroeconomic accounts for European countries / Angus Maddison -- 3. Sectoral growth accounting and structural change in post-war Europe / Bart van Ark -- 4. Measures of fixed capital stocks in the post-war period: a five-country study / Mary O'Mahony -- 5. Technology indicators and economic growth in the European area: some empirical evidence / Bart Verspagen -- 6. Human capital and productivity in manufacturing during the twentieth century: Britain, Germany and the United States / Stephen N. Broadberry and Karin Wagner -- 7. Convergence and divergence in the European periphery: productivity in Eastern and Southern Europe in retrospect / Bart van Ark -- 8. Convergence: what the historical record shows / Stephen N. Broadberry -- 9. Growth and convergence in OECD countries: a closer look / Javier Andres, Rafael Domenech and Cesar Molinas.
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This volume evaluates the catchup and convergence evidence on European economic growth on a cross-sectional basis. Chapters cover macroeconomic accounts, national accounts by industry, measures of fixed capital stocks, technology indicators, human capital and total factor productivity, and changes in trend rates of growth.