Productivity Change in the Telecommunications Industries of 13 OECD Countries
نویسندگان
چکیده
This paper focuses on the evolution of productivity in the telecommunications industries for 13 OECD countries over the period 1979-1998. It uses Data Envelopment Analysis, a non-parametric approach that allows decompositions of changes in productivity into variations in efficiency and technical change. Moreover, it tests the existence of convergence in labor and total factor productivity levels among the 13 OECD countries by means of a cross-section technique.
منابع مشابه
Productivity Breakdown of the Information Technology Industries across Countries
In this paper, we measure productivity growth of the information technology (IT) industries in fourteen OECD countries over the thirteen-year period of 1978 through 1990. The IT industries are the providers of IT capital goods, and this macro-level analysis seeks to find out how efficiently IT capital goods are produced. The basic unit of analysis employed is the Malmquist Total Factor Producti...
متن کاملProductivity Convergence in OECD Manufacturing Industries
The extent of band s-convergence of average labor productivity across manufacturing industries in 18 OECD countries over the period 1972–1992 shows large inter-industry differences. One reason for these differences is knowledge and capital barriers preventing the occurrence of catch-up. We find the level of average labor productivity, as a proxy for these barriers, is correlated with the extent...
متن کاملProductivity Growth in the OECD Area: Some Recent Findings
32 Productivity is, once more, on the agenda in many OECD countries. It has long been regarded as the long-run driver of economic growth, but attention for productivity-related issues has waxed and waned over the past decades. In recent years, productivity growth has received a great deal of attention in several OECD countries, notably Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and ...
متن کاملTotal factor productivity growth in information technology services industries: A multi-theoretical perspective
a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Information technology services industry Productivity and competitiveness Innovation Efficiency Malmquist index Data envelopment analysis Information technology (IT) services refer to the delivery and support of IT operations and activities in order to satisfy business requirements and to manage IT infrastructure for organizations. Considered part of knowledge-in...
متن کاملDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER SERIES R&D Spillovers Through Trade in a Panel of OECD Industries
This paper investigates the significance of Research and Development (R&D) spillovers through intraand international trade in intermediate goods for productivity growth in a panel of OECD industries during 1973-1994. In the model, four different sources of R&D are identified: R&D conducted in the particular industry itself, R&D conducted in the same industries in other countries, R&D conducted ...
متن کامل