Conventional Inputs and Sectoral Productivity Growth in Agriculture: Evidence from Rural China

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Owusu Mensah ◽  
Zhuang Jincai ◽  
Thomas Udimal ◽  
Basil Kusi
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Sectoral Productivity

scholarly journals The Contribution of Intangible Assets to Sectoral Productivity Growth in the EU

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. S49-S67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Niebel ◽  
Mary O'Mahony ◽  
Marianne Saam
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Sectoral Productivity ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals PRODUCTIVITY CONVERGENCE ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND COUNTRIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THEORY-BASED MEASUREMENT

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (S2) ◽  
pp. 218-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Inklaar ◽  
Marcel P. Timmer
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
American Economic Review ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Production Theory ◽  
Industry Level ◽  
Capital Assets ◽  
Productivity Convergence ◽  
Sectoral Productivity ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Convergence Trend

Cross-country studies of economic growth have been hampered by the scarcity of reliable data on productivity at the industry level; see Bernard and Jones [American Economic Review, 91 (4) (2001), 1168–1169] and Rogerson [Journal of Political Economy, 116 (2) (2008), 235–259]. We bring together literature on industry prices, human capital, and capital assets to construct industry-level productivity measures that are well grounded in neoclassical production theory. These theory-based measures differ widely from the crude measures commonly used in the literature. We use these to confirm and strengthen the finding of Bernard and Jones [American Economic Review, 86 (5) (1996), 1216–1238] that for advanced OECD countries, patterns of convergence across sectors have differed since 1970: whereas productivity in market services converged, there is no convergence in manufacturing. More detailed analysis confirms that patterns of convergence are highly industry-specific. There is no dominant convergence trend in sectoral productivity growth across advanced countries.

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