Superstatistics of Labour Productivity in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Sectors

Yuichi Ikeda, Yoshi Fujiwara, Hideaki Aoyama, Hiroshi Iyetomi and Wataru Souma

No 2008-42, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Abstract: Labour productivity distribution (dispersion) is studied both theoretically and empirically. Superstatistics is presented as a natural theoretical framework for productivity. The demand index ê is proposed within this framework as a new business index. Japanese productivity data covering small-to-medium to large firms from 1996 to 2006 is analyzed and the power-law for both firms and workers is established. The demand index ê is evaluated in the manufacturing sector. A new discovery is reported for the nonmanufacturing (service) sector, which calls for expansion of the superstatistics framework to negative temperature range.

Keywords: Labour productivity; superstatistics; Pareto's law; Business Cycle; demand index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E10 E30 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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