International Productivity Monitor

2000 - 2026

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Volume 36, month Spring, 2019

Introduction pp. 1-6

Dale Jorgenson

Toward a Global Integrated Industry-level Production Account: A Proposal pp. 7-33

Jon Samuels and Erich Strassner

The Composition of Capital and Cross-Country Productivity Comparisons pp. 34-52

Robert Inklaar, Pieter Woltjer and Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán

Global Value Chains and Productivity Growth: Does Intangible Capital Matter? pp. 53-78

Cecilia Jona-Lasinio and Valentina Meliciana

Structural Change and Productivity in the Market Economy of Mainland Norway, 1997-2014 pp. 79-109

Gang Liu

The UK and Western Productivity Puzzle: Does Arthur Lewis Hold the Key? pp. 110-141

Nicholas Oulton

Japan's Prefectural-Level KLEMS: Productivity Comparisons and Service Price Differences pp. 142-160

Joji Tokui and Takeshi Mizuta

Educational Intensity and the Sources of, and Prospects for, U.S. Economic Growth pp. 161-186

Dale Jorgenson, Mun Ho and Jon Samuels

New BEA-BLS Estimates of the Sources of U.S. Economic Growth between 1987 and 2016 pp. 187-203

Corby Garner, Justin Harper, Thomas F. Howells, Matt Russell and Jon Samuels

Knowledge Intensity in a Set of Latin American Countries: Implications for Productivity pp. 204-233

Matilde Mas, André Hofman and Eva Benages

Volume 35, month Fall, 2018

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-4

Andrew Sharpe

Puzzles and Surprises in Employment and Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing After the Great Recession pp. 5-27

Richard Schmalensee

Solving the Productivity Puzzle: The Role of Demand and the Promise of Digitization pp. 28-51

Jaana Remes, Jan Mischke and Mekala Krishnan

The Stylized Facts about Slower Productivity Growth in Canada pp. 52-72

Andrew Sharpe and John Tsang

Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States: Recent Industry Trends and Potential Explanations pp. 73-94

Wulong Gu and Michael Willox

The Productivity Slowdown in Canada: an ICT Phenomenon? pp. 95-112

Jeff Mollins and Pierre St-Amant

Canadian Productivity Growth, Secular Stagnation, and Technological Change pp. 113-137

Michelle Alexopoulos and Jon Cohen

Is Slow Productivity and Output Growth in Advanced Economies the New Normal? pp. 138-148

John Fernald

What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data pp. 149-156

Kevin Fox

Volume 34, month Spring, 2018

Editor’s Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

The Gains from More Competitive Regulation Settings in Canada pp. 3-20

Aled ab Iorwerth and Carlos Rosell

Accounting for Slower Productivity Growth in the Canadian Business Sector after 2000: The Role of Capital Measurement Issues pp. 21-39

Wulong Gu

Can the Kiwi Fly? Achieving Productivity Lift-off in New Zealand pp. 40-63

Paul Conway

The Changing Structure of Global Value Chains: Are Central Hubs Key for Productivity? pp. 64-80

Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Timmis

What Explains the Post-2004 U.S. Productivity Slowdown? pp. 81-109

Alexander Murray

Cyclical Downturn or Slowing Trend? A Review Article on Productivity Puzzles across Europe pp. 110-117

John Fernald

What's New About Capitalism?: A Review Article on Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy pp. 118-123

Chad Syverson

Volume 33, month Fall, 2017

World KLEMS: Productivity and Economic Growth in the World Economy: An Introduction pp. 1-7

Dale Jorgenson

Recent Trends in Europe's Output and Productivity Growth Performance at the Sector Level, 2002-2015 pp. 8-23

Bart van Ark and Kirsten Jäger

The Role of Capital Accumulation in the Evolution of Total Factor Productivity in Spain pp. 24-50

Francisco Perez and Eva Benages

Sources of Productivity and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-2013 pp. 51-76

André Hofman, Claudio Aravena and Jorge Friedman

Argentina Was Not the Productivity and Economic Growth Champion of Latin America pp. 77-90

Ariel Coremberg

How Does the Productivity and Economic Growth Performance of China and India Compare in the Post-Reform Era, 1981-2011? pp. 91-113

Harry X. Wu, Deb Kusum Das, K. L. Krishna and Pilu Chandra Das

Can Intangible Investments Ease Declining Rates of Return on Capital in Japan? pp. 114-127

Tsutomu Miyagawa, Miho Takizawa and Konomi Tonogi

Net Investment and Stocks of Human Capital in the United States, 1975-2013 pp. 128-149

Michael S. Christian

ICT Prices and ICT Services: What Do They Tell Us About Productivity and Technology pp. 150-181

David Byrne and Carol Corrado

Productivity Measurement in Global Value Chains pp. 182-193

Marcel Timmer

Volume 32, month Spring, 2017

Editors' Overview pp. 1-5

Andrew Sharpe and Giuseppe Nicoletti

Total Factor Productivity in Advanced Countries: A Longterm Perspective pp. 6-24

Antonin Bergeaud, Gilbert Cette and Rémy Lecat

Decomposing the Productivity Wage Nexus in Selected OECD Countries, 1986-2013 pp. 25-43

Andrew Sharpe and James Uguccioni

The Decoupling of Median Wages from Productivity in OECD Countries pp. 44-60

Cyrille Schwellnus, Andreas Kappeler and Pierre-Alain Pionnier

The Relationship Between Global Value Chains and Productivity pp. 61-83

Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Timmis

It’s a Small, Small World... A Guided Tour of the Belgian Production Network pp. 84-96

Emmanuel Dhyne and Cédric Duprez

Firm-level Productivity Differences: Insights from the OECD’s MultiProd Project pp. 97-115

Giuseppe Berlingieri, Patrick Blanchenay, Sara Calligaris and Chiara Criscuolo

Productivity and Reallocation: Evidence from the Universe of Italian Firms pp. 116-136

Andrea Linarello and Andrea Petrella

Portugal: A Paradox in Productivity pp. 137-160

Ricardo Pineheiro Alves

The Role of Urban Agglomerations for Economic and Productivity Growth pp. 161-179

Rudiger Ahrend, Alexander Lembcke and Abel Schumann

Challenges in the Measurement of Public Sector Productivity in OECD 180 pp. 180-195

Edwin Lau, Zsuzsanna Lonti and Rebecca Schultz

Pro-Productivity Institutions: Learning from National Experience pp. 196-217

Sean Dougherty and Andrea Renda

Volume 31, month Fall, 2016

Editor's Overview pp. 1-2

Andrew Sharpe

The Productivity Paradox of the New Digital Economy pp. 3-18

Bart van Ark

The Industry Origins of Canada's Weaker Labour Productivity Performance and the Role of Structural Adjustment in the Post-2000 Period pp. 19-36

John Baldwin and Michael Willox

Explaining the Gap between Productivity and Median Wage Growth in Canada, 1976-2014 pp. 37-56

James Uguccioni

Two Books for the Price of One: Review Article of The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon pp. 57-62

Daniel Sichel

Comments on Daniel Sichel's Review Article on The Rise and Fall of American Growth pp. 63-67

Robert J. Gordon

The Mystery of TFP pp. 68-87

Nicholas Oulton

Decomposing Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada by Industry and Province, 1997-2014 pp. 88-112

Matthew Calver and Alexander Murray

Partial versus Total Factor Productivity Measures: An Assessment of their Strengths and Weaknesses pp. 113-126

Alexander Murray