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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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  • 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 Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2003/05
Uniform Title
OECD Statistics Working Papers, no.2003/05.
Subject
Economics
LCCN
10.1787/838342850485
OCLC
oecd-lib
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 Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2003/05
OECD Statistics Working Papers, 1815-2031 ; no.2003/05.
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Full text online available onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Economics
Added Author
Ahmad, Nadim.
Lequiller, François.
Marianna, Pascal.
Pilat, Dirk.
Schreyer, Paul.
Wölfl, Anita.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/838342850485 doi
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