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STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND GROWTH IN EUROPE: ARE KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES CHANGING PARADIGM OF EXPANSION OF SERVICES AS A LONG-TERM GROWTH-DIMINISHING FACTOR?

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Bacovic M., Andrijasevic Z., Cerovic Smolovic J.

Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)

2022

vol. 70

issue 2

124 – 143

We explored the patterns of structural changes in Europe and found growing relevance of the service sector, particularly knowledge-intensive services. The study shows that labour productivity and TFP growth were lower in the service sector than in the goods sector but were higher in knowledge-intensive services than in other services. GDP per capita growth is positively related to the output’s share of knowledge-intensive services as well as GDP growth and TFP growth in high-income countries, but not in medium-income economies. This might be explained by the rapid growth in the earlier stages of development in less-developed countries and its subsequent slowdown. Although knowledge-intensive services are the fastest growing sector in all countries, industry is still the most relevant sector for long-term growth, with the highest TFP and labour productivity growth. The growing knowledge-intensive services sector, with its higher TFP growth than other services, partially overcomes the negative effects of expansion of the service sector on long-term output growth. This study shows that R&D investment growth leads to significantly higher output growth in knowledge-intensive services than in other sectors, which may be used as a relevant policy tool.

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STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND GROWTH IN EUROPE: ARE KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES CHANGING PARADIGM OF EXPANSION OF SERVICES AS A LONG-TERM GROWTH-DIMINISHING FACTOR?