The UK (and Western) productivity puzzle: does Arthur Lewis hold the key?
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- Nicholas Oulton, 2018. "The UK (and Western) Productivity Puzzle: Does Arthur Lewis Hold the Key?," Discussion Papers 1809, Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM).
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Keywords
productivity; slowdown; TFP; capital; lewis; immigration;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
- F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2018-04-23 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-HPE-2018-04-23 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2018-04-23 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-MAC-2018-04-23 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PKE-2018-04-23 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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