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Total factor productivity (TFP)
The part of output growth that cannot be explained by adding more workers or more capital: better technology, better organisation, better institutions. It is the residual in growth accounting and the only source of growth that never runs into diminishing returns.
Also called: TFP, Solow residual, technological progress
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