Why do some countries produce so much more output per worker than others?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-116

  Hall, Robert E ^a   Jones, Charles I ^a  

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EID: 0001890195     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399555954     Document Type: Article

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