Autonomous demand and technical change: exploring the Kaldor–Verdoorn law on a global level

M Deleidi, C Fontanari, SJ Gahn - Economia Politica, 2023 - Springer
This paper aims to explain labour productivity through the lens of a Kaldorian perspective.
To assess the relationship between output, demand, capital accumulation, and labour …

Tertiarization, productivity and aggregate demand: evidence-based policies for European countries

M Deleidi, W Paternesi Meloni, A Stirati - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last two decades, mature European countries have experienced a slackening in
economic growth and stagnating labor productivity. Such a stagnating productivity may …

Unemployment and the wage share: a long-run exploration for major mature economies

A Stirati, WP Meloni - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2021 - Elsevier
After the 1980s, advanced capitalist economies witnessed a significant decline of the wage
share in income. Along with the conventional view, which ascribes this decline to …

A short story of the Phillips curve: from Phillips to Friedman… and back?

A Stirati, WP Meloni - Review of Keynesian Economics, 2018 - elgaronline.com
A major contribution of Friedman's 1968 presidential address was the introduction of the
long-run vertical Phillips curve. That view, which is consistent with neoclassical foundations …

Economic development and construction productivity in Malaysia

FC Chia, M Skitmore, G Runeson… - Construction …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The productivity of the construction industry has a significant effect on national economic
growth. Gains from higher construction productivity flow through the economy, as all …

Productivity growth, Smith effects and Ricardo effects in Euro Area's manufacturing industries

E Carnevali, A Godin, S Lucarelli… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We analyse the determinants of labour productivity across (a sample of) EA member states.
We focus on the divergent dynamics before and after the financial crisis, and of core …

The relationship between manufacturing production and economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IA Almosabbeh, MA Almoree - Journal of Economic Studies, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-term relationship between the
performance of the manufacturing sector and economic growth in Saudi Arabia. It does so by …

Permanent scars: The effects of wages on productivity

C Fontanari, A Palumbo - Metroeconomica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores, from a classical‐Keynesian theoretical standpoint, how stagnating real
wages may have contributed to the slowdown of US productivity. Through shift‐share …

Okun vs. Verdoorn: distinguishing between cyclical and structural effects of output on productivity

W Paternesi Meloni - Economia Politica, 2024 - Springer
Abstract According to Kaldor and Verdoorn, the evolution of output is expected to structurally
enhance labour productivity by generating economies of scale. At the same time, Okun's law …

The role of wages in triggering innovation and productivity: A dynamic exploration for European economies

C Fontanari - Economic Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the issue of sluggish productivity growth in advanced countries and
investigates its underlying causes, focusing on the direct impact of real wages. Analyzing …