Petrus Johannes Verdoorn
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Petrus Johannes Verdoorn was a Dutch economist known for his work on the relationship between productivity growth and output growth, which led to the formulation of the Kaldor–Verdoorn law.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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economist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
growth empirics
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industrial economics ⓘ regional economics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
European economic thought
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post-Keynesian economics ⓘ |
| citedFor |
empirical estimates of Verdoorn coefficients in manufacturing
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evidence of increasing returns in industrialized economies ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
formalization of Kaldor’s growth laws
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measurement of productivity growth ⓘ understanding of dynamic increasing returns ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic growth theory
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economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ productivity analysis ⓘ |
| hasAcademicConcept | Verdoorn coefficient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Kaldor–Verdoorn law
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Verdoorn law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
empirical foundation for Kaldor’s growth laws
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integration of productivity-output relationship into post-Keynesian models ⓘ widespread use of Verdoorn law in regional growth studies ⓘ |
| hasNotableIdea |
cumulative causation in regional and industrial growth
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increasing returns to scale in manufacturing ⓘ positive relationship between labor productivity growth and output growth in manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalContribution |
linking output expansion to productivity gains via learning-by-doing and scale effects
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support for demand-led growth perspective ⓘ |
| influenced |
Nicholas Kaldor
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endogenous growth models emphasizing increasing returns ⓘ post-Keynesian growth theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Keynesian economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kaldor–Verdoorn law
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Verdoorn law NERFINISHED ⓘ research on relationship between productivity growth and output growth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
empirical analysis of productivity
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manufacturing sector growth ⓘ returns to scale in production ⓘ |
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