Still medalling: Productivity gets a bronze (data source)

Richard Fabling

No 24_06, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: Productivity data is missing from the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) for over a third of firm-year observations in “measured sector” industries, equating to a fifth of total labour in those industries. We develop a method to fill these data gaps using an additional (third) data source – firm-level annualised goods and services tax (GST) returns. Coupled with additional modelling using full-coverage employment information, the resulting “complete” productivity dataset provides additional avenues for researchers to test the robustness of their results to the inclusion of firm types previously underrepresented in the productivity data – particularly new and owner-operated firms.

Keywords: Longitudinal Business Database; administrative data; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2024-12
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