Productivity in the OECD countries : a critical appraisal of the evidence /

The failure of the neoclassical growth model to account for differences in output per worker across countries has suggested that these differences should be driven by cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper discusses various measures of productivity and its determina...

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Main Author: Calderón, César
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001
Series:IMF working paper ; no. WP/01/89
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Online Access:http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2001/wp0189.pdf
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Summary:The failure of the neoclassical growth model to account for differences in output per worker across countries has suggested that these differences should be driven by cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP). This paper discusses various measures of productivity and its determinants for the OECD countries from different dimensions: (i) the measurement perspective; (ii) evidence on the evolution of productivity levels across OECD countries; and (iii) a critical review of the theoretical and empirical issues regarding the determinants of cross-country productivity differentials.
Physical Description:26 p.
Bibliography:Bibliografía: p. 21-26.