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Business services and the Baumol disease

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The business services industry represents a large and fast-growing chunk of the Dutch economy, approaching the size of the total manufacturing industry. The industry, however, has displayed stagnating productivity growth, accompanied in some years by a fall in productivity. Do these stylised facts imply that the Dutch economy is inevitably headed for the “Baumol disease”? Investigating this question, this paper reviews policy options that might improve the productivity record of the business services industry and strengthen its contributions to the productivity of client industries.

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  • Henk L.M. Kox, 2003. "Business services and the Baumol disease," Development and Comp Systems 0309007, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    business services; impact on macro-economic productivity growth;

    JEL classification:

    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • L8 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services

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