Australia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 2001/055, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Using official data from the Australian Bureau of Economic Statistics and a formal growth accounting framework, this paper shows that the rapid accumulation of information processing and communication technology (ICT) capital over the last two decades in Australia has played a significant role in explaining the impressive, structural acceleration of labor productivity. The following statistical data are also included: household income, expenditure and savings, labor market, fiscal indicators, credit aggregates, capital and financial account, external assets and liabilities, export by commodity group, and so on.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; terms of trade shock; Australia; income support; TFP growth; labor productivity growth; R&D interaction term; ICT capital; income support payment; Information technology in revenue administration; Terms of trade; Total factor productivity; Real exchange rates; Personal income; Australia and New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 129
Date: 2001-04-09
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