Why have TFP growth and capital deepening reduced in the UK since the Global Financial Crisis?

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  • Productivity and the allocation of capital following the great recession

    Labour productivity fell sharply at the start of the 2008 financial crisis. Output produced per worker remains around 14 percentage points below the pre-crisis trend. The scale of the productivity fall and the continued ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses the reasons for TFP growth and capital deepening reduction in the UK since the Global Financial Crisis with expertise from the Bank of England and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.