Professor Bart van Ark

Career

Bart van Ark is an internationally acclaimed economist in the field of international comparative productivity measurement and analysis, innovation and technology, and digital transformation, and his research has cut across the areas of economic growth, development economics, economic history and international economics and business.

From 2008 to 2020, he was Chief Economist and Head of the Economy, Strategy and Finance Center at The Conference Board, a global business research think tank headquartered in New York, where he oversaw the production of widely watched economic indicators and growth forecasts around the globe.

Full CV

• Full CV of Professor Bart van Ark (July 2024)

Research project

• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity dynamics by industry

Research output

• Investigating Police Productivity: A Literature Review
• The Productivity Agenda
• The role of tangibles and intangibles in explaining the productivity slowdown – an international perspective
• Making Public Sector Productivity Practical
• Productivity and the Pandemic: Short-Term Disruptions and Long-Term Implications
• How not to miss a productivity revival once again
• A concerted effort to tackle the productivity puzzle during the post-COVID era
• Are Pro-Productivity Policies Fit for Purpose? Productivity Drivers and Policies in G-20 Economies

Full list of publications

• A full list of publications by Bart (20 pages) June 2024