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Comparing Labour Productivity Growth in the OECD Area The Role of Measurement

Title
Comparing Labour Productivity Growth in the OECD Area [electronic resource]: The Role of Measurement / Nadim Ahmad ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Ahmad, Nadim.
  • Lequiller, François.
  • Marianna, Pascal.
  • Pilat, Dirk.
  • Schreyer, Paul.
  • Wölfl, Anita.
Description
47 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
This paper examines how measurement problems affect international comparisons of labour productivity. It suggests that these measurement problems do not significantly affect the assessment of aggregate productivity patterns in the OECD area. However, these problems do influence the more detailed assessment of productivity growth, notably the role of specific sectors and demand components in aggregate performance. The paper shows that there are only a few significant problems regarding the comparability of nominal GDP across OECD countries, the most important being the treatment of software investment. In most cases, efforts are underway to reduce the size of these differences. Measurement differences for real GDP are also important, although several of these factors have impacts that work in different directions. Moreover, several of these problems primarily affect the distribution of total GDP across different expenditure categories and across different activities, not necessarily ...
Series Statement
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/14
Uniform Title
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, no.2003/14.
Subject
Science and Technology
LCCN
10.1787/126534183836
OCLC
oecd-lib-002534
Title
Comparing Labour Productivity Growth in the OECD Area [electronic resource]: The Role of Measurement / Nadim Ahmad ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.
Series
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/14
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.2003/14.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/126534183836
Indexed Term
Science and Technology
Added Author
Ahmad, Nadim.
Lequiller, François.
Marianna, Pascal.
Pilat, Dirk.
Schreyer, Paul.
Wölfl, Anita.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/126534183836 doi
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