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This paper analyzes Bolivia's long-term economic growth between 1950 and 2015, identifying its proximate causes through a growth accounting exercise, which considers the direct and indirect effects of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) on GDP per worker. The novelty is that the measurement of TFP...
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. In this article, as part of the symposium on total factor productivity, Timothy C. Sargent and Edgard R. Rodriquez of Finance Canada discuss the issue of the choice between labour and total factor productivity. They conclude that both measures have uses. For periods of less than a decade,...
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development of firm-level micro-data bases, the revival of the vintage capital or embodiment approach to productivity analysis …
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This is a review article by Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards of Angus Maddison's path-breaking new book, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. The article summarizes Maddison's key findings in a number of areas, with particular emphasis on his estimates of...
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periods and spatial units, for which reliable data on economic activity are otherwise not available. In developing this unique …. Compared to satellite data on night light intensity, another common economic proxy, our proxy more precisely predicts economic … Germany, where East German data on economic activity are unavailable for detailed regional levels and historical time series …
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periods and spatial units, for which reliable data on economic activity are otherwise not available. In developing this unique …. Compared to satellite data on night light intensity, another common economic proxy, our proxy more precisely predicts economic … Germany, where East German data on economic activity are unavailable for detailed regional levels and historical time series …
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Das Coronavirus hat viele alte Gesetzmäßigkeiten in Frage gestellt. Das gilt auch für die Vermessung ökonomischer Aktivitäten. Verfahren aus der Hochzeit der Industrialisierung werden dem strukturellen Wandel zunächst zu einer Dienstleistungsgesellschaft, später zu einer Digitalwirtschaft...
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In recent years, a number of international data bases on productivity trends and levels have become publicly available … data provide no one single truth on international productivity relatives, but rather a range of estimates because of data …
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productivity level comparisons are much more complex, requiring comparable industry data and estimates of purchasing power at a … industry-specific purchasing power parities based on producer output data instead of final expenditure information. A key …
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