What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data

The productivity slowdown across industrialised countries since around 2004 is a topic of much interest to academic researchers and policy makers alike. As we search for explanations for the slowdown, it is useful to consider what the performance has been at the industry level. This article provides...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kevin Fox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2018-09-01
Series:	International Productivity Monitor
Subjects:	productivity slowdown economic productivity australian economy
Online Access:	http://www.csls.ca/ipm/35/Fox.pdf

id	doaj-303c844d71714e3899f6ab9216dabeaf
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-303c844d71714e3899f6ab9216dabeaf2020-11-25T03:56:14ZengCentre for the Study of Living StandardsInternational Productivity Monitor1492-97591492-97672018-09-0135149156What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry DataKevin Fox0University of New South Wales SydneyThe productivity slowdown across industrialised countries since around 2004 is a topic of much interest to academic researchers and policy makers alike. As we search for explanations for the slowdown, it is useful to consider what the performance has been at the industry level. This article provides some evidence and perspectives from official Australian industry-level data. While industries have experienced different productivity growth profiles since 1989-90, they all experienced a slowdown after 2003-04. A rise in inefficiency may be one source of this slowdown. Some suggestions for future research directions that may provide a deeper understanding of productivity growth are suggested, in the spirit of a slowdown being too valuable to waste.http://www.csls.ca/ipm/35/Fox.pdfproductivity slowdowneconomic productivityaustralian economy
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Kevin Fox
spellingShingle	Kevin Fox What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data International Productivity Monitor productivity slowdown economic productivity australian economy
author_facet	Kevin Fox
author_sort	Kevin Fox
title	What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data
title_short	What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data
title_full	What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data
title_fullStr	What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data
title_full_unstemmed	What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data
title_sort	what do we know about the productivity slowdown? evidence from australian industry data
publisher	Centre for the Study of Living Standards
series	International Productivity Monitor
issn	1492-9759 1492-9767
publishDate	2018-09-01
description	The productivity slowdown across industrialised countries since around 2004 is a topic of much interest to academic researchers and policy makers alike. As we search for explanations for the slowdown, it is useful to consider what the performance has been at the industry level. This article provides some evidence and perspectives from official Australian industry-level data. While industries have experienced different productivity growth profiles since 1989-90, they all experienced a slowdown after 2003-04. A rise in inefficiency may be one source of this slowdown. Some suggestions for future research directions that may provide a deeper understanding of productivity growth are suggested, in the spirit of a slowdown being too valuable to waste.
topic	productivity slowdown economic productivity australian economy
url	http://www.csls.ca/ipm/35/Fox.pdf
work_keys_str_mv	AT kevinfox whatdoweknowabouttheproductivityslowdownevidencefromaustralianindustrydata
_version_	1724466224255991808

What Do We Know About the Productivity Slowdown? Evidence from Australian Industry Data

Similar Items