Global Trends of Productivity Growth: Evidence from the Malmquist Index

This paper examines the trend of productivity growth in OECD countries by applying the Malmquist index. Our findings indicate that total factor productivity (TFP) growth in OECD countries was much more sluggish in the 1990s than in the 1980s. The nature of productivity growth also differed between t...

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Main Author: Jeong Yeon Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2008-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2008.12.1.181