Crafts, Nicholas (2002) The Solow productivity paradox in historical perspective. Discussion Paper. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

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Abstract

A growth accounting methodology is used to compare the contributions to growth in terms of capital-deepening and total factor productivity growth of three general-purpose technologies, namely, steam in Britain during 1780-1860, electricity and information and communications technology in the United States during 1899-1929 and 1974-2000, respectively. The format permits explicit comparison of earlier episodes with the results for ICT obtained by Oliner and Sichel. The results suggest that the contribution of ICT was already relatively large before 1995 and it is suggested that the true productivity paradox is why economists expected more sooner from ICT.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Discussion Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Solow growth model, Economic development -- Mathematical models, Productivity accounting, Technology -- Economic aspects
Series Name:	Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain))
Publisher:	Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)
Place of Publication:	London
Date:	January 2002
Number:	No.314
Number of Pages:	24
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	R000239536 (ESRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1673

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