After 2004, measured growth in labor productivity and total-factor productivity (TFP) slowed. We find little evidence … quantitative effect on productivity was larger in the 1995-2004 period than since, despite mismeasurement worsening for some types … of IT -- so our adjustments make the slowdown in labor productivity worse. The effect on TFP is more muted. Second, many …

reallocation. A distinct literature describes a slowdown in the pace of aggregate labor productivity growth. We relate these … patterns by studying changes in productivity growth from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s using firm-level data. We find that … diminished allocative efficiency gains can account for the productivity slowdown in a manner that interacts with the within …