The Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis
Abstract
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in the two decades preceding 2014 two member countries, Italy and Spain, experienced productivity decline, while just four member countries, Korea, Ireland, Finland, and the United States, managed to achieve rates of productivity growth in excess of one percent per annum. Rates of productivity growth slowed following the global financial crisis in nearly all member countries. These diverse national productivity performances are aggregates of the productivity performances of individual producers, which are influenced by organizational factors such as the quality of management practices and the adoption of new technologies, and also by institutional features such as the stringency of product and labor market and environmental regulations. At the level of the individual producer, productivity has an important impact on financial performance and survival, while at the aggregate level, productivity is a critical determinant of national well-being. The essays collected in the Handbook provide significant contributions to our understanding of the causes and consequences of productivity growth. Part I contains the editors’ introduction. The chapters in Part II address a variety of measurement issues, from both analytical and practical perspectives. The chapters in Part III address a wide range of productivity issues at the level of the individual producer or industry. The chapters in Part IV address a range of aggregate productivity issues, both domestic and international.
Keywords:
productivity,
national productivity,
management,
environment,
finance,
technology,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
OECD
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Sep 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190226718
- Published online:
- Sep 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190226718.001.0001
Editors
Emili Grifell-Tatjé,
editor
Emili Grifell-Tatjé, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
C.A. Knox Lovell,
editor
C. A. Knox Lovell, University of Queensland
Robin C. Sickles,
editor
Robin C. Sickles, Rice University
