TY - BOOK AU - Nehru,Vikram; Dhareshwar,Ashok M TI - New estimates of total factor productivity growth for developing and industrial countries T2 - Policy research working papers, 1313 SN - 31038760 U1 - 100 SD:338.9 23 PY - 1994/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank, International Economics Dept., KW - Production (Economic theory) KW - Human capital N1 - An error correction model using new data on human and physical capital stock, is used to estimate the growth of total factor productivity for 83 countries for 1960-87. The results show that human capital accumulation explains more cross- country variations in growth than previously thought. And cross- country differences in total factor productivity growth can be attributed mostly to differences in initial conditions and political stability ER -