Labor Productivity in Western Europe 1975–1985: An Intercountry, Interindustry Analysis
利用跨国投入产出表和就业数据，分解了1975-1985年六个西欧国家劳动生产率增长的六个决定因素，包括国际贸易和最终需求变化，并研究了结构变化对经济趋同的影响。
Using intercountry input‐output tables and disaggregated employment data, we decompose labor productivity growth between 1975 and 1985 in six Western European countries into partial effects of six determinants including changing international trade and changing final demand. To this end, new multiplicative decomposition formulas are derived and implemented. In a similar way, we study labor productivity changes in vertically integrated industries. The effects of structural change on convergence are investigated also. We see this paper as an attempt to merge the convergence literature with earlier single‐country productivity‐change decompositions using input‐output data.