Measuring Productivity - OECD Manual [electronic resource] : Measurement of Aggregate and Industry-level Productivity Growth
Publishing, OECD.
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
The OECD Measuring Productivity Manual is the first comprehensive guide to the various productivity measures aimed at statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in constructing industry-level productivity indicators. This Manual presents the theoretical foundations to productivity measurement, and discusses implementation and measurement issues. The text is accompanied by empirical examples from OECD countries and by numerical examples to enhance its readability. The Manual also offers a brief discussion of the interpretation and use of productivity measures.
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CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. OBJECTIVES; 1.2. COVERAGE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MANUAL; 2. OVERVIEW OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.1. PURPOSES OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; 2.2. MAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.3. A SHORT GUIDE TO SOME PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 2.4. GROWTH ACCOUNTING AND MAIN ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; 2.5. SOME CONCLUSIONS; 3. OUTPUT; 3.1. GROSS-OUTPUT AND VALUE-ADDED BASED PRODUCTIVITY; 3.2. DEPRECIATION; 3.3. QUANTITY MEASURES OF OUTPUT; 3.4. STATISTICAL SOURCES AND STATISTICAL UNITS; 4. LABOUR INPUT; 4.1. CHOICE OF UNITS; 4.2. STATISTICAL SOURCES
4.3. MEASURING HOURS WORKED4.4. LABOUR COMPENSATION AND LABOUR SHARES; 4.5. ACCOUNTING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LABOUR INPUT; 5. CAPITAL INPUT; 5.1. INTRODUCTION; 5.2. OVERVIEW; 5.3. MEASUREMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVE STOCK AND OF CAPITAL SERVICES; 5.4. MEASUREMENT OF USER COSTS; 5.5. AGGREGATION ACROSS ASSETS; 5.6. CAPITAL UTILISATION; 5.7. SCOPE OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS; 6. INTERMEDIATE INPUT AND VALUATION; 6.1. INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES; 6.2. VALUATION; 7. INDEX NUMBERS; 7.1. CHAINED AND DIRECT COMPARISONS; 7.2. CHOICE OF INDEX NUMBER FORMULA; 7.3. A DIGRESSION: FROM MALMQUIST TO TÖRNQVIST
8. AGGREGATING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH ACROSS INDUSTRIES8.1. INTEGRATION, AGGREGATION AND INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; 8.2. DOMAR WEIGHTS: AGGREGATION OF KLEMS MEASURES; 8.3. WEIGHTED AVERAGES: AGGREGATION OF VALUE-ADDED BASED PRODUCTIVITY; 9. IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE; 10. INTERPRETATION OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES; 10.1. TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES: SOME LINKS; 10.2. PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AS COST REDUCTION; 10.3. PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES OVER THE BUSINESS CYCLE; 10.4. INDUSTRY AND FIRM-LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; 10.5. INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; Annex 1 Glossary
Annex 2 Links and References to National Productivity StatisticsAnnex 3 Productivity Measurement in a Growth Accounting Framework; Annex 4 Capital Stock Measures; Annex 5 User Costs; Annex 6 Aggregation of Output, Inputs and Productivity; Annex 7 Acknowledgements; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
The OECD Measuring Productivity Manual is the first comprehensive guide to the various productivity measures aimed at statisticians, researchers and analysts involved in constructing industry-level productivity indicators. This Manual presents the theoretical foundations to productivity measurement, and discusses implementation and measurement issues. The text is accompanied by empirical examples from OECD countries and by numerical examples to enhance its readability. The Manual also offers a brief discussion of the interpretation and use of productivity measures.
Industrial productivity -- Measurement.
Industrial productivity -- OECD countries -- Measurement.
Industrial productivity.