Productivity measurement and analysis.

Edited by Julien Dupont and Pierre Sollberger.

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Contributions presented at two international workshops.

Productivity measurement and analysis are the main topics addressed in this book, which brings together contributions presented and discussed in two international workshops organized by the Statistics Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the OECD. The first workshop was organized jointly by the OECD with Fundaccion BBVA and the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas and held in Madrid in October 2005, and the second one was organized jointly by the OECD and the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Switzerland and held in Bern in October 2006. The two workshops brought together representatives of statistical offices, central banks and other branches of government in OECD countries that are engaged in the analysis and the measurement of productivity developments at aggregate and industry levels.--Publisher's description.

Productivity growth in Spain and in Switzerland -- The measure of labour input -- The measure of the composition of labour input -- The measure of capital input -- The measure of industry level multi-factor productivity.

Includes bibliographical references.