Measuring Productivity - OECD Manual Measurement of Aggregate and Industry-level Productivity Growth

The OECD Measuring Productivity Manual is the first comprehensive guide to the various productivity measures aimed at statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in constructing industry-level productivity indicators. This Manual presents the theoretical foundations to productivity measurement,...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2001.
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  • CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. OBJECTIVES; 1.2. COVERAGE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL; 2. OVERVIEW OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.1. PURPOSES OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; 2.2. MAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.3. A SHORT GUIDE TO SOME PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.4. GROWTH ACCOUNTING AND MAIN ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; 2.5. SOME CONCLUSIONS; 3. OUTPUT; 3.1. GROSS-OUTPUT AND VALUE-ADDED BASED PRODUCTIVITY; 3.2. DEPRECIATION; 3.3. QUANTITY MEASURES OF OUTPUT; 3.4. STATISTICAL SOURCES AND STATISTICAL UNITS; 4. LABOUR INPUT; 4.1. CHOICE OF UNITS; 4.2. STATISTICAL SOURCES
  • 4.3. MEASURING HOURS WORKED4.4. LABOUR COMPENSATION AND LABOUR SHARES; 4.5. ACCOUNTING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LABOUR INPUT; 5. CAPITAL INPUT; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. OVERVIEW; 5.3. MEASUREMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE STOCK AND OF CAPITAL SERVICES; 5.4. MEASUREMENT OF USER COSTS; 5.5. AGGREGATION ACROSS ASSETS; 5.6. CAPITAL UTILISATION; 5.7. SCOPE OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS; 6. INTERMEDIATE INPUT AND VALUATION; 6.1. INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES; 6.2. VALUATION; 7. INDEX NUMBERS; 7.1. CHAINED AND DIRECT COMPARISONS; 7.2. CHOICE OF INDEX NUMBER FORMULA; 7.3. A DIGRESSION: FROM MALMQUIST TO TÖRNQVIST
  • 8. AGGREGATING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ACROSS INDUSTRIES8.1. INTEGRATION, AGGREGATION AND INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; 8.2. DOMAR WEIGHTS: AGGREGATION OF KLEMS MEASURES; 8.3. WEIGHTED AVERAGES: AGGREGATION OF VALUE-ADDED BASED PRODUCTIVITY; 9. IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE; 10. INTERPRETATION OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 10.1. TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES: SOME LINKS; 10.2. PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AS COST REDUCTION; 10.3. PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE; 10.4. INDUSTRY AND FIRM-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; 10.5. INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; Annex 1 Glossary
  • Annex 2 Links and References to National Productivity StatisticsAnnex 3 Productivity Measurement in a Growth Accounting Framework; Annex 4 Capital Stock Measures; Annex 5 User Costs; Annex 6 Aggregation of Output, Inputs and Productivity; Annex 7 Acknowledgements; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY