Total factor productivity growth, structural change and convergence in the new members of the European Union

EM Bah, JC Brada - Comparative economic studies, 2009 - Springer
We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth in agriculture, industry and services in new
European Union member countries and show how structural change contributes to growth …

TFP growth in old and new Europe

MC Burda, B Severgnini - Comparative Economic Studies, 2009 - Springer
Using Solow-Törnqvist residuals as well as two alternative measurements, we present the
estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in a sample of 30 European economies for …

[PDF][PDF] How important is total factor productivity for growth in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries

K Benkovskis, L Fadejeva, R Stehrer… - Focus on European …, 2012 - makroekonomika.lv
The evolution of total factor productivity (TFP) is a key determinant of long-run economic
growth of a country. In this paper we analyse the contributions from technological change at …

Sectoral TFP developments in the OECD

W Kets, A Lejour - 2003 - ideas.repec.org
This note describes the sectoral total factor productivity (TFP) developments in the OECD
between 1970-1990. Based on the ISDB data of the OECD, we confirm the stylised fact that …

Total Factor Productivity Growth in the G7 Countries: different or alike?

J Amador, C Coimbra - 2007 - ideas.repec.org
The paper compares the contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to economic growth in
the G7 countries, from 1960 until 2005. A dynamic world translog stochastic production …

Economic growth in the OECD area: recent trends at the aggregate and sectoral level

S Scarpetta, A Bassanini, D Pilat… - Available at SSRN …, 2000 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper discusses growth performance in the OECD countries over the past two decades.
Special attention is given to developments in labour productivity, allowing for human capital …

Total factor productivity convergence in German states since reunification: Evidence and explanations

MC Burda, B Severgnini - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
A quarter-century after reunification, labor productivity in the states of eastern Germany
continues to lag systematically behind the West. Persistent gaps in total factor productivity …

Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industry: 1952–2005

S Ozyurt - Oxford Development Studies, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents new estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in Chinese
industry over the past half century that seek to improve on earlier estimates in several …

Measuring TFP: The role of profits, adjustment costs, and capacity utilization

D Comin, J Quintana, T Schmitz, A Trigari - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
We develop a new method for estimating industry-level and aggregate total factor
productivity (TFP) growth. Our method accounts for profits and adjustment costs, and uses …

Productivity growth, adjustment costs and variable factor utilisation: the UK case

C Groth, S Nuñez, S Srinivasan - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper constructs estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for the United
Kingdom for the period 1970-2000, using an industry data set that spans the whole …