The Dynamics of Productivity: A Decompostion Approach Using Distribution Functions

JosÈ C. FariÒas () and Sonia Ruano ()
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Small Business Economics, 2004, vol. 22, issue 3_4, 237-251

Abstract: In this paper we use a micro panel data set of Spanish manufacturing firms to measure the contributions of continuing firms and turnover to total factor productivity growth over the period 1990--1997. The paper proposes an approach to the decomposition of productivity growth that is based on the estimation of productivity distributions. We characterize the dynamics of productivity distributions defining counterfactual distributions and using non-parametric methods. The results we obtain indicate that incumbent firms are the main factor contributing to the change in the productivity distribution. Net entry contributes positively to TFP growth. Finally, changes in the relative weights of incumbent, entering and exiting firms produce a counter-cyclical movement of productivity.

Date: 2004
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