Demand fluctuations and productivity of service industries

Masayuki Morikawa

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 256-258

Abstract: This paper estimates production functions for six narrowly defined personal-service industries, by using unique establishment-level data on service industries in Japan. In almost all the examined service industries, significant negative effects of demand variation on establishment-level productivity are found.

Keywords: Service industry; Productivity; Demand fluctuation; Paid leave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.019

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