Trends of productivity growth in the construction industry across Europe, US and Japan

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-644

  Abdel Wahab, Mohamed ^a   Vogl, Bernard ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital; Growth accounting; Productivity; Skills

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTIVITY; FACTORS OF PRODUCTION; OECD COUNTRIES; POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; SKILLS; SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OECD; POLICY MAKING; SKILLED LABOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960546970     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.573568     Document Type: Article

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