COMPARATIVE LEVELS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY IN POSTWAR EUROPE: MEASUREMENT AND COMPARISONS*

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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and StatisticsVolume 52, Issue 4 p. 343-374 COMPARATIVE LEVELS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY IN POSTWAR EUROPE: MEASUREMENT AND COMPARISONS† Bart van Ark, Bart van Ark National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London and University of GroningenSearch for more papers by this author Bart van Ark, Bart van Ark National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London and University of GroningenSearch for more papers by this author First published: November 1990 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1990.mp52004002.xCitations: 16 † *This article draws heavily on work carried out for the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and for the International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). I am grateful to persons from the statistical offices in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for their advice and for providing some unpublished information; to Tony Smith (NIESR) who kindly provided me with the worksheets of the Germany/UK comparisons presented in Smith, Hitchens and Davies (1982). I am also indebted to Geoff Mason, Mary O'Mahony and Sig Prais (all from NIESR), Angus Maddison and Dirk Pilat (University of Groningen), Steve Broadberry (University of Warwick), and to Robin Marris and Donald Roy for their help and comments. Finally, I benefitted from comments given by participants during the 21st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (Lahnstein, August 1989), at a workshop on ‘European Productivity in the Twentieth Century’ organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, March 1990), and at a meeting of the International Product and Income Comparisons (IPIC) group (London, June 1990). AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume52, Issue4November 1990Pages 343-374 RelatedInformation