Edward Wolff is a Professor of Economics at New York University. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as managing editor of the Review of Income and Wealth from 1987 to 2004 and was a council member of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth from 1987 to 2012. He is the author (or co-author) of numerous books, including: Growth, Accumulation, and Unproductive Activity (Cambridge University Press, 1987), The Transformation of the American Pension System: Was It Beneficial for Workers? (2011) and Productivity Growth: Industries, Spillovers and Economic Performance (with Thijs ten Raa, 2012). He received his PhD from Yale University.
1. Introduction
2. An overview of modern growth theory
3. The measurement and estimation of productivity growth
4. The long-term record among the advanced industrial countries
5. Postwar record on productivity performance on the aggregate level among the advanced industrial countries
6. Further details on the role of education and technology in the productivity performance among the advanced industrial countries
7. Productivity performance on the industry level among the advanced industrial countries
8. The productivity slowdown
9. Postwar economic performance among countries of the world
10. Recapitulation and future prospects for growth.
1. Introduction; 2. An overview of modern growth theory; 3. The measurement and estimation of productivity growth; 4. The long-term record among the advanced industrial countries; 5. Postwar record on productivity performance on the aggregate level among the advanced industrial countries; 6. Further details on the role of education and technology in the productivity performance among the advanced industrial countries; 7. Productivity performance on the industry level among the advanced industrial countries; 8. The productivity slowdown; 9. Postwar economic performance among countries of the world; 10. Recapitulation and future prospects for growth.
