Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and its Differentiation in the European Union Member States

Authors

  • Izabela Ewa Młynarzewska-Borowiec University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Department of Economics and Law

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6018.335.08

Keywords:

Total Factor Productivity, productivity convergence, the European Union

Abstract

Total Factor Productivity (TFP) is the synthetic measure of effectiveness of the production process in a country due to technological progress. The aim of the article is to examine (with the use of econometric methods) the level and dynamics of TFP in the particular European Union member states in the period 2000–2014 and to point out the direction of TFP changes in the analysed group of countries. In the article one makes the attempt to answer the question whether the productivity convergence, influencing relevantly the real convergence process in the EU, is also possible.

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Published

2018-05-16

How to Cite

Młynarzewska-Borowiec, I. E. (2018). Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and its Differentiation in the European Union Member States. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 3(335), 109–122. https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6018.335.08

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