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No. 14 | 25 Jun 2018 |
GVC centrality and productivity
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect the changing structure of Global Value Chains (GVCs), contrasting central hubs and peripheral countries and sectors, and examine how these changes impact firm productivity. Using cross-country... |
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No. 13 | 25 Jun 2018 |
Fear the walking dead
Productivity growth is slowing down among OECD countries, coupled with increased misallocation of resources. A recent strand of literature focuses on the role of non-viable firms (“zombie firms”) to explain these developments. Using a rich firm-level... |
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No. 12 | 23 Feb 2018 |
GVCS and centrality
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect position with Global Value Chains (GVCs). Central sectors reflect those that are highly connected (both directly and indirectly) and influential within globalproduction networks, whereas peripheral... |
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No. 11 | 16 Feb 2018 |
The Contribution of Multinational Enterprises to Labor Productivity
We examine the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on labor productivity in two ways: 1) creating high-paying jobs; and 2) improving employees’ human capital. Our analysis is based on a unique database that matches workers to companies, for... |
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No. 10 | 16 Oct 2017 |
Achieving New Zealand’s productivity potential
Productivity growth has slowed across most OECD economies since the mid-2000s. While important aspects of New Zealand’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long-run... |
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No. 9 | 04 Sept 2017 |
Product markets’ deregulation: a more productive, more efficient and more resilient economy?
This paper assesses the impact of product market deregulation in upstream sectors on the productivity growth of firms in downstream sectors (i.e. those firms using the output of the reformed sectors as inputs in their production process). Relying on... |
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No. 8 | 09 May 2017 |
The impact of structural reforms on productivity
In recent years, literature has linked structural reforms with productivity growth. Considering Portugal’s recent comprehensive reform agenda, this topic acquires particular relevance. Using data for Portuguese firms for the period 2006-2014, this... |
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No. 7 | 12 Apr 2017 |
Pro-Productivity Institutions: Learning from National Experience
This paper analyses and compares ten institutions that have a mandate to promote productivity-enhancing reforms. The selected bodies include government advisory councils, standing inquiry bodies, and ad hoc, temporary task forces. We find that... |
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No. 6 | 08 Feb 2017 |
What Makes Cities More Productive?
This paper estimates agglomeration benefits across five OECD countries, and represents the first empirical analysis that combines evidence on agglomeration benefits and the productivity impact of metropolitan governance structures, while taking into... |
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No. 5 | 02 Dec 2016 |
The Best versus the Rest
In this paper, we aim to bring the debate on the global productivity slowdown – which has largely been conducted from a macroeconomic perspective – to a more micro-level. We show that a particularly striking feature of the productivity slowdown is... |
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No. 4 | 07 Jul 2016 |
Could Mexico become the new ‘China'?
Over the last decade, Mexico’s unit labour costs decreased relative to other emerging markets’, especially compared to China’s. This decrease boosted Mexico’s trade competitiveness, particularly in the manufacturing sector. However, Mexico’s... |
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No. 3 | 14 Dec 2015 |
Policies for Productivity Growth
Growth, investment and trade are the outcomes of the processes by which people with ideas start firms. But where does the productive capacity of firms come from? What are the barriers that prevent resources to flow to the firms with the greatest... |
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No. 2 | 12 Nov 2015 |
Frontier Firms, Technology Diffusion and Public Policy
This paper analyses the characteristics of firms that operate at the global productivity frontier and their relationship with other firms in the economy, focusing on the diffusion of global productivity gains and the policies that faciliate it. Firms... |
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No. 1 | 19 Nov 2015 |
Institutions to Promote Pro-Productivity Policies
In order to promote productivity, and thus boost living standards in the long run, public policies need to focus on improving incentives, capabilities and flexibility within an economy. Such policies can be difficult for governments to devise and... |
OECD Productivity Working Papers
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- ISSN: 24139424 (online)
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GVC centrality and productivity
Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Timmis
25 Jun 2018
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect the changing structure of Global Value Chains (GVCs), contrasting central hubs and peripheral countries and sectors, and examine how these changes impact firm productivity. Using cross-country...
Fear the walking dead
Ana Fontoura Gouveia and Christian Osterhold
25 Jun 2018
Productivity growth is slowing down among OECD countries, coupled with increased misallocation of resources. A recent strand of literature focuses on the role of non-viable firms (“zombie firms”) to explain these developments. Using a rich firm-level...
GVCS and centrality
Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Timmis
23 Feb 2018
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect position with Global Value Chains (GVCs). Central sectors reflect those that are highly connected (both directly and indirectly) and influential within globalproduction networks, whereas peripheral...
The Contribution of Multinational Enterprises to Labor Productivity
OECD, Tatiana Slobodnitsky, Lev Drucker and Assaf Geva
16 Feb 2018
We examine the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on labor productivity in two ways: 1) creating high-paying jobs; and 2) improving employees’ human capital. Our analysis is based on a unique database that matches workers to companies, for...
Achieving New Zealand’s productivity potential
Paul Conway
16 Oct 2017
Productivity growth has slowed across most OECD economies since the mid-2000s. While important aspects of New Zealand’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long-run...
Product markets’ deregulation: a more productive, more efficient and more resilient economy?
Gustavo Monteiro, Ana Fontoura Gouveia and Sílvia Santos
04 Sept 2017
This paper assesses the impact of product market deregulation in upstream sectors on the productivity growth of firms in downstream sectors (i.e. those firms using the output of the reformed sectors as inputs in their production process). Relying on...
The impact of structural reforms on productivity
Ana Fontoura Gouveia, Sílvia Santos and Inês Gonçalves
09 May 2017
In recent years, literature has linked structural reforms with productivity growth. Considering Portugal’s recent comprehensive reform agenda, this topic acquires particular relevance. Using data for Portuguese firms for the period 2006-2014, this...
Pro-Productivity Institutions: Learning from National Experience
Andrea Renda and Sean Dougherty
12 Apr 2017
This paper analyses and compares ten institutions that have a mandate to promote productivity-enhancing reforms. The selected bodies include government advisory councils, standing inquiry bodies, and ad hoc, temporary task forces. We find that...
What Makes Cities More Productive?
Rudiger Ahrend, Emily Farchy, Ioannis Kaplanis and Alexander C. Lembcke
08 Feb 2017
This paper estimates agglomeration benefits across five OECD countries, and represents the first empirical analysis that combines evidence on agglomeration benefits and the productivity impact of metropolitan governance structures, while taking into...
The Best versus the Rest
Dan Andrews, Chiara Criscuolo and Peter N. Gal
02 Dec 2016
In this paper, we aim to bring the debate on the global productivity slowdown – which has largely been conducted from a macroeconomic perspective – to a more micro-level. We show that a particularly striking feature of the productivity slowdown is...
Could Mexico become the new ‘China'?
Sean Dougherty and Octavio Escobar
07 Jul 2016
Over the last decade, Mexico’s unit labour costs decreased relative to other emerging markets’, especially compared to China’s. This decrease boosted Mexico’s trade competitiveness, particularly in the manufacturing sector. However, Mexico’s...
Policies for Productivity Growth
Chang-Tai Hsieh
14 Dec 2015
Growth, investment and trade are the outcomes of the processes by which people with ideas start firms. But where does the productive capacity of firms come from? What are the barriers that prevent resources to flow to the firms with the greatest...
Frontier Firms, Technology Diffusion and Public Policy
Dan Andrews, Chiara Criscuolo and Peter N. Gal
12 Nov 2015
This paper analyses the characteristics of firms that operate at the global productivity frontier and their relationship with other firms in the economy, focusing on the diffusion of global productivity gains and the policies that faciliate it. Firms...
Institutions to Promote Pro-Productivity Policies
Gary Banks
19 Nov 2015
In order to promote productivity, and thus boost living standards in the long run, public policies need to focus on improving incentives, capabilities and flexibility within an economy. Such policies can be difficult for governments to devise and...