Portugal: a Paradox in Productivity

Ricardo Pinheiro Alves ()
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Ricardo Pinheiro Alves: Gabinete Estratégia e Estudos Ministério Economia / Office for Strategy and Studies - Ministério da Economia / Ministry of Economy
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No 70, GEE Papers from Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia

Abstract: Portugal is experiencing a larger slowdown of productivity growth than the one occurring in advanced economies. This paper aims to help understanding why convergence in productivity levels is not happening by considering its main determinants. It presents a set of different reasons for this slowdown and divergence with developed economies since the mid-1990s that are associated with an increasing misallocation of capital, labour and skills both at a sectorial and firm level.

Keywords: Portugal; Productivity; Convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H80 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2017-06, Revised 2017-06
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