finding is that manufacturing shows little evidence of either labor productivity or multifactor productivity convergence … convergence results, the paper introduces a new measure of multifactor productivity which avoids many problems inherent to … traditional measures of total factor productivity when comparing productivity levels. The lack of convergence in manufacturing is …

While information technologies (IT) are credited with the recent acceleration in productivity in the United States …, many other industrial countries have not experienced a pickup in productivity growth. To explain this productivity … and slowed productivity growth in a number of industrial countries. We then develop a theoretical model with vintage …

The aim of the research was to assess the changes (in dynamic terms between 2008 and 2017) in the productivity of farms … specializing in milk production with the use of the Färe-Primont aggregated total factor productivity index. The total factor … productivity index was divided into the efficiency change index and technological change index. The research was conducted with the …

–2000, distinguishing between measures of productivity gains actually obtained in a given country (TFP growth, Malmquist index) and …. Because none of the 14 measures dominates all others on all dimensions, we conclude that the choice of appropriate measurement …

-to-date overview of issues and relevant solutions associated with this choice. Methods of productivity measurement are surveyed and …Quantifying productivity is a conditio sine qua non for empirical analysis in a number of research fields. The …

Despite the progress that has been made in the measurement of productivity, there have been few attempts to cast … depends critically on the shadow price estimates of emissions. These shadow price estimates result from the estimation of a … technology, failing to account for greenhouse gas emissions understates productivity growth …

productivity improvements stemming from workers moving out of agriculture. Starting in 1924 captures the civil war recovery and …

Dirk Pilat and Paul Schreyer of the OECD discuss the new OECD Productivity Database. The database covers 26 OECD … countries for labour productivity estimates, as well as 14 countries for multifactor productivity estimates. While the database … represents the most comparable productivity estimates that are currently available for cross-OECD comparisons, the authors also …

International productivity comparisons have traditionally focused on productivity growth rates. International … productivity level comparisons are much more complex, requiring comparable industry data and estimates of purchasing power at a … detailed industry level. The International Comparisons of Output and Productivity (ICOP) project established at the University …

The measurement of productivity is a complex task. The OECD has recently released a comprehensive manual or guide to … the measurement of industry-level and aggregate productivity. In the fifth article, Paul Schreyer from the OECD and the … author of the OECD productivity manual provides an overview of the manual. He highlights a number of the key issues addressed …