Trends in “structural” productivity levels in the major industrialized countries
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Productivity Growth in Industrialized Countries
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عنوان ژورنال: Economics Letters
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.09.027