EUROPEAN PRODUCTIVITY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: INTRODUCTION.

The article highlights the workshop organized to consider problems of the measurement of productivity in historical international comparisons. The workshop was organized as part of the Human Resources Since 1900 Program of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and financial support was provided by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Nuffield Foundation. The workshop focused on Great Britain and on the phenomenon of differential success among European countries in catching up American levels of productivity.