A Richer Understanding of Australia's Productivity Performance in the 1990s: Improved Estimates Based Upon Firm‐Level Panel Data

Robert Breunig and Marn‐heong Wong

The Economic Record, 2008, vol. 84, issue 265, 157-176

Abstract: Australian industry is characterised by differences across firms, entry of new firms and exit of unsuccessful firms. These facts highlight the inappropriateness of measuring productivity using aggregate production functions based upon representative firms. In this study, we model heterogeneous firms which change over time. We model the interrelationship between productivity shocks, input choices and decisions to cease production. Firm‐level data provides production function estimates for 25 two‐digit Australian industries. A new aggregation method for industry‐level data allows us to separate productivity changes from output composition changes. Our study sheds new light on the Australian productivity performance.

Date: 2008
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