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Article: Jobs and Productivity Growth in Global Value Chains

New Evidence for Twenty-five Low- and Middle-Income Countries

ABSTRACT: Using newly developed data, the evolution of job and productivity growth in global value chains (GVCs) is analyzed for 25 low- and middle-income countries. GVC jobs are found to be more productive than non-GVC jobs. Their share in the total labor force is small, in particular for low-income countries. Growth in GVC jobs varies widely across countries in the period 2000–2014. Continue reading “Article: Jobs and Productivity Growth in Global Value Chains” →

Article: Is Egypt Really More Productive than the United States?

The Data behind the Penn World Table

ABSTRACT: A new feature in recent versions of the Penn World Table (PWT) is data on comparative levels of total factor productivity (TFP) across countries. TFP is defined as the efficiency with which inputs are transformed into outputs, and differences across countries can be due to factors such as better technology or better resource allocation. Yet, surprisingly, in PWT version 10.0, a number of low-income countries have a TFP level well above that of the United States. Continue reading “Article: Is Egypt Really More Productive than the United States?” →

Article: Growth Accounting in Economic History

Finding, Lessons and New Directions

ABSTRACT: There is now a large volume of growth accounting estimates covering the long run experience of advanced countries. However, most of the studies in economic history are not based on state-of-the-art methods. There is a trade-off between maintaining international comparability and achieving the best results for individual countries. A one-size-fits-all approach Continue reading “Article: Growth Accounting in Economic History” →

Article: The Impact of Sectoral Shifts on Dutch Unmarried Women’s Labor Force Participation

The Netherlands, 1812-1929

ABSTRACT: During the nineteenth century, Dutch female labor force participation (FLFP) was relatively low. Most scholars argue that social norms and rising wages were driving this development. However, their conclusions principally apply to married women. We study Continue reading “Article: The Impact of Sectoral Shifts on Dutch Unmarried Women’s Labor Force Participation” →

Article: The Composition of Capital and Cross-country Productivity Comparisons

ABSTRACT: The role of physical capital is typically found to be limited in accounting for differences in GDP per worker, but this result may be because capital is customarily assumed to be a homogenous unit. This assumption is misleading,  Continue reading “Article: The Composition of Capital and Cross-country Productivity Comparisons” →

Article: The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy

The United States, 1899-1941

ABSTRACT: We develop new aggregate TFP growth estimates for the United States between 1899 and 1941, and sectoral estimates at the most disaggregated level so far, 38 industries. We include hard-to-measure services, and a refined measure of sectoral labour quality growth.  Continue reading “Article: The Sources of Growth in a Technologically Progressive Economy” →

Chapter: Frontier Analysis

Frontier Analysis

ABSTRACT: A great deal of research in economics and business is devoted to the study of efficiency of individuals, organisations or entire economies. This chapter introduces a family of innovative techniques  Continue reading “Chapter: Frontier Analysis” →

Article: An Introduction to the African Commodity Trade Database, 1730-2010

ABSTRACT: The African Commodity Trade Database (ACTD) aims to stimulate and deepen research on African and global economic history. The database provides export and import series at product level for more than two and a half centuries of African trade (1730-2010). Continue reading “Article: An Introduction to the African Commodity Trade Database, 1730-2010” →

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