International productivity differences : measurement and explanations
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International productivity differences : measurement and explanations
(Contributions to economic analysis, 233)
Elsevier, 1996
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Note
"Most of the papers in this volume were presented at a conference on 'International productivity differences and their explanations' at the Science Center Berlin in November 1993"--Ackn
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The collection of papers in this book gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the measurement and explanation of productivity differences. The contributions compare productivity developments in an international perspective not only between advanced countries in the OECD area but also with (former) planned economies in eastern Europe. The book includes comparisons among industrial, service and other sectors of the economy. Three different approaches to productivity measurement have been adopted: statistical comparisons of growth rates, statistical comparisons of relative levels and productivity case studies. Within each of these a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative factors is examined to explain differences at the macro, meso and micro level. These include physical capital intensity and growth, human capital (training, education, management, work organisation), R&D, product quality, globalisation and competition. Legal and social factors are taken into account as well as the problem of transfer pricing.
Table of Contents
Introduction (K. Wagner, B. van Ark). Productivity and competitiveness and manufacturing: A comparison of Europe, Japan and the United States (B. van Ark). French and German productivity levels in manufacturing (M. Freudenberg, D. Unal-Kesenci). Productivity in a dual economy - the case of Japan (D. Pilat). International competitiveness and Japanese industries, 1960-1985 (M. Kuroda). Anglo German productivity performance: 1960-1989 (M. O'Mahony, K. Wagner). Comparative productivity in Ireland: The impact of transfer pricing and foreign ownership (J.E. Birnie). Explanations of international productivity differences: Lessons from manufacturing (H. Gersbach, M.N. Baily). The comparative productivity of East and West German manufacturing: A matched plant comparison (D.M.W.N. Hitchens et al. ). Estimating the productivity of research and development in French and United States manufacturing firms: An exploration of simultaneity issues with GMM methods (J. Mairesse, B.H. Hall). Subject index. Author index.
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