Productivity Dynamics in Emerging and Industrialized Countries

The world, of late, has seen a productivity slowdown. Many countries continue to recover from various shocks in the macro business environment, along with structural changes and inward looking policies. In contemporary times of growth slumps, various exits and protectionist regimes, this book engages with the study of productivity dynamics in the emerging and industrialized economies. The essays address the crucial aspects, such as the roles of human capital, investment accounting and datasets, that help understanding of productivity performance of global economy and its several regions.

This book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and professionals in the field of economic growth, productivity and development studies. This will also be an important reference on empirical industrial economics in both India and the world.

Deb Kusum Das teaches at Ramjas College, University of Delhi. His research fields are productivity and growth in India; jobs and labor market, and empirical international trade. He received the EXIM Bank IEDRA Award 2004 for his doctoral dissertation, "Some Aspects of Productivity and Trade in Indian Industry". He holds a PhD from Delhi School of Economics and has studied at Delhi School of Economics and St Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He is the co-founder of South Asia Economics Students Meet – a platform for undergraduate economics students of South Asia. He is also associated with ICRIER (Delhi) as an external researcher.