This chapter covers the theory and methods for productivity measurement for nations. Labor, multifactor and total … factor productivity measures are defined and are related to each other and to gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Their … factor productivity growth (TFPG) index. These are easiest to understand for the case in which the index number problem is …

construct productivity accounts for two key sectors of the US economy: the Corporate Nonfinancial Sector (Sector 1) and the … price inflation rates, we provide alternative estimates for capital services and Total Factor Productivity growth for the …

Caves, Christensen, Diewert introduced Malmquist output, input and productivity indexes into production theory in a … systematic way. This paper revisits the debate on how to decompose Bjurek's concept of a Malmquist productivity index into … of the productivity decomposition are proven under relatively unrestrictive assumptions. The paper provides for the first …

Caves, Christensen, Diewert introduced Malmquist output, input and productivity indexes into production theory in a … systematic way. This paper revisits the debate on how to decompose Bjurek’s concept of a Malmquist productivity index into … of the productivity decomposition are proven under relatively unrestrictive assumptions. The paper provides for the first …

Diewert and Fox (2013) proposed decompositions of a Malmquist-type productivity index into explanatory factors, with a … unrestrictive regularity conditions, the paper develops a data envelopment type approach for decomposing productivity growth for a …

This paper explores the definitions and properties of total factor productivity growth (TFPG) indexes, focusing … measures, and price and quantity indexes are explored. Decompositions of the productivity growth indexes are also given. The …

There is policy interest in factoring productivity growth into technical progress and returns to scale components. Our …