The importance of specification choices when analyzing sectoral productivity gaps

The Impact Of Diffusion Of Information Communications Technology (ICT) On Iran Sectoral Productivity Growth

The Evolution of Sectoral Productivity: Measurement and Implications∗

We estimate total factor productivities at the sector level for 72 countries and 5 decades, and examine how they evolve over time in both developed and developing countries. In both country groups, there has been relative productivity convergence: productivity grew systematically faster in sectors that were initially relatively less productive. These changes have had a significant impact on tra...

Analyzing Organizational Information Gaps

In this paper, we analyze the relation of private and public information spaces in organizations and its implication for organizational knowledge management. By private information spaces, we mean all (electronic) information, which is only accessible by a single person in an organization (e.g. local files or personal E-Mails). The organizational information space in turn, consists of all elect...

Sectoral Heterogeneity, the Skill Premium and Productivity Dynamics

An intricate dynamic pattern has been commonly observed in many developed countries during the past decades. This pattern contains a simultaneous rise in the following economic variables: (i) education premium, (ii) educated labor supply, (iii) total factor productivity, (iv) labor productivity, and (v) income inequality. Typical explanations for the different elements of this pattern assume a ...

Real Exchange Rates and Sectoral Productivity in the Eurozone

We investigate the link between real exchange rates and sectoral total factor productivity measures for countries in the Eurozone. Real exchange rate patterns closely accord with an amended Balassa-Samuelson interpretation, both in cross-section and time series. We construct a sticky price dynamic general equilibrium model to generate a crosssection and time series of real exchange rates that c...