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Mary O’Mahony, the EPKE project co-ordinator, is a senior research fellow
at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Since joining
NIESR in 1987 Mary O’Mahony has researched and led projects on a wide range
of topics, most falling under the general umbrella of ‘International comparisons
of productivity’. Earlier research concentrated on deriving internationally
consistent measures of fixed capital stocks, measuring productivity levels
and growth rates in manufacturing and market services and the impact of
human capital on international relative productivity levels. In 1999 this
research was co-ordinated into a widely cited sectoral dataset comparing
labour productivity, capital intensity, labour force skills and total factor
productivity for five countries, the US, the UK, Germany, France and Japan.
This sector productivity database is currently being revised and updated
and will shortly appear on the main NIESR web pages. She has led or been
involved in research projects on a wide range of topics related to productivity
including, most recently, studies of the electricity supply industry, the
ceramics tableware industry, evaluating the cost effectiveness of English
local authorities, and the impact of R&D on company performance.