Is growth of services an obstacle to productivity growth? A comparative analysis

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-265

  Maroto Sánchez, Andrés ^a   Cuadrado Roura, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Productivity growth; Service sector; Structural change

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; OECD; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 70749148096     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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