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November 1998 C073
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Productivity and the role of government
Type: IFS Reports
Authors: Rachel Griffith and Helen Simpson
Volume, issue, pages: 36 pp
ISBN: 978-1-873357-84-2
IFS member price: £10
Non-member price: £25

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This commentary asks whether a productivity gap is really the problem facing Britain. Do lower levels of output per worker suggest greater inefficiency or do they reflect differences in levels of inputs? Historically low levels of investment suggest that our stock of R&D, physical and human capital may be lower than it is in the other main industrialised countries.

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