List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1.
Catch-up, convergence and the sources of post-war European growth:
introduction and overview Bart van Ark and Nicholas Crafts; 2.
Macroeconomic accounts for European countries Angus Maddison; 3. Sectoral
growth accounting and structural change in post-war Europe Bart van Ark; 4.
Measures of fixed capital stocks in the post-war period: a five-country
study Mary O'Mahony; 5. Technology indicators and economic growth in the
European area: some empirical evidence Bart Verspagen; 6. Human capital and
productivity in manufacturing during the twentieth century: Britain,
Germany and the United States Stephen N. Broadberry and Karin Wagner; 7.
Convergence and divergence in the European periphery: productivity in
Eastern and Southern Europe in retrospect Bart van Ark; 8. Convergence:
what the historical record shows Stephen N. Broadberry; 9. Growth and
convergence in OECD countries: a closer look Javier Andrés, Rafael Doménech
and César Molinas; 10. On the historical continuity of the process of
economic growth Theo van de Klundert and Anton van Schaik; 11. Europe's
Golden Age: an econometric investigation of changing trend rates of growth
Nicholas Crafts and Terence C. Mills; Index.
