A consistent measure of hours worked for international productivity comparisons

Asger Wingender

Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 166, issue C, 14-17

Abstract: Hourly labor productivity levels from the national accounts cannot be compared across countries, as national statistical offices use different data sources and methodologies to calculate hours worked. I compute a new, internationally comparable measure of hours worked for 25 OECD countries, and discuss the implications for productivity rankings.

Keywords: Hours worked; Productivity; National accounts; GDP per hour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.009

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