Disaggregate productivity comparisons: sectoral convergence in OECD countries

Telecommunication Industry and Productivity Convergence in the Oecd Countries

The telecommunication industry appears one of the driving force of the new economy, which is characterized by the diffusion of, information and communication technologies and their applications. So, the analysis of the productivity evolution in the telecommunication industry, for different countries, is the first step to understand the productive patterns of the national economies. In particula...

OECD Convergence: A Sectoral Decomposition Exercise

This paper decomposes OECD convergence into contributions from sectoral productivity growth and contributions from employment shift across sectors. While productivity growth in services and agriculture contributed significantly to convergence, the contributions from employment shift and productivity growth in manufacturing are statistically insignificant. JEL: O41, O47

Productivity Convergence in OECD Manufacturing Industries

The extent of band s-convergence of average labor productivity across manufacturing industries in 18 OECD countries over the period 1972–1992 shows large inter-industry differences. One reason for these differences is knowledge and capital barriers preventing the occurrence of catch-up. We find the level of average labor productivity, as a proxy for these barriers, is correlated with the extent...

International Comparisons of Sectoral Energy- and Labour- Productivity Performance

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Information Technology and Productivity Growth: German Trends and OECD Comparisons