Harrison, Mark (1998) Trends in Soviet labour productivity 1928–85 : war, postwar recovery, and slowdown. European Review of Economic History, Vol.2 (No.2). pp. 171-200.

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Abstract

Understanding the pattern of postwar slowdown in Soviet productivity growth
requires evaluation of the impact of World War II and associated shocks. Continuous
productivity series for industry and the whole economy are estimated for the period
1928–85. The pattern of Soviet productivity growth was highly disturbed; by postwar
standards its underlying growth was slow. Rapid growth and slowdown from the late
1940s through the 1960s and beyond are explained just by postwar recovery
possibilities and their exhaustion. Clear evidence of an adverse break in the
productivity trend does not transpire until the 1970s.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 20th century, Industrial productivity -- Soviet Union
Journal or Publication Title:	European Review of Economic History
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1361-4916
Official Date:	1998
Dates:	Date Event 1998 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	Vol.2
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 171-200
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS)
Grant number:	INTAS–93–2487

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