Well before the Great Recession, the strikingly successful socio-economic regime of growth of the three decades after WWII came to an end as the smooth matching among technological innovation, productivity growth, income distribution and aggregate demand increasingly broke down. However, a new virtuous regime is hardly emerging and growth of income and productivity remains sluggish especially in Europe.
The main objective of GROWINPRO is twofold. On the one hand, we will offer an in-depth analysis of the causes underlying the productivity puzzle and the associated economic stagnation addressing the whole interaction among innovation, productivity, and growth in a world undergoing a 'IV Industrial Revolution', wherein globalization exacerbated the diverging patterns of value distribution among countries and social groups. On the other hand, we will develop a coherent policy toolkit to escape the low-growth trap facing at the same time important societal challenges such as climate and demographic changes. It will thoroughly study the effects of monetary, fiscal and mission-oriented policies in stimulating productivity and output growth. The policy recommendations will be grounded on solid micro-, meso- and macro analyses.
Within the consortium consisting of 10 leading European research institutions and 3 Statistical offices, ZEW investigates
- the link between productivity and the changing balance of product-process over time and across sectors,
- the development and diffusion of new technologies (IV industrial revolution, AI) and their impact on productivity, and
- the role of incumbents and entrants as carriers of innovation and productivity growth.
More information can be found on the project website.
Selected Publications
Discussion and Working Papers
Dörr, Julian Oliver, Simona Christine Murmann and Georg Licht (2021), Small Firms and the COVID-19 Insolvency Gap, GROWINPRO Working Paper 2021/47. Download
Peters, Bettina and Markus Trunschke (2021), Benefits of Investing into the Development of 4IR-Related Technologies, GROWINPRO Working Paper 2021/49. Download
Behrens, Vanessa, Florence Blandinières and Bettina Peters (2021), Generation, Diffusion and Productivity Effects of Industry 4.0 Technologies, GROWINPRO Working Paper 2021/50. Download
Lubczyk, Moritz and Bettina Peters (2020), Incumbents and Entrants as Carriers of Innovation and Productivity Growth, GROWINPRO Working Paper 2020/11. Download
Client
Europäische Kommission, DG Forschung und Innovation
, Brüssel
, BE
Project duration
01.01.2019 - 30.06.2022
Contact
Project members
Dr. Georg Licht
(Coordinator)
Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek
Josefine Diekhof, PhD
Bastian Krieger
Moritz Lubczyk
Prof. Dr. Bettina Peters
Markus Trunschke
Cooperation partner
United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, NL
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Rom, IT
University College London, London, UK
Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, DE
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Wien, AT
Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari e Di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna, Pisa, IT
Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich, Wien, AT
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , Den Haag, NL
KU Leuven, Leuven, BE
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, FR
Univerza V Ljubljani, Ljubljana, SI
Tartu Ulikool, Tartu, EE