PRODUCTIVIDAD Y TASA DE PLUSVALOR A NIVEL INTERNACIONAL: EVALUACIÓN EMPÍRICA.

This paper examines the relationship between productivity and the rate of surplus value and seeks to establish if a higher rate of surplus value can be found in developed countries with higher productivity than in underdeveloped countries, a theory consistent with the Marxist conception of this relationship at international level. A methodology was used which incorporated contingency tables, multivariate analysis using clusters and econometric analysis of fixed-effect panel data. The econometric analysis made use of a wide range of databases, with data from studies ranging from the post-war period to the first decade of the 21st century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]