Sectoral Re-Composition, Inflation and Productivity Growth in the OECD
39 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2009 Last revised: 3 Mar 2010
Date Written: November 24, 2008
Abstract
This paper examines the changing composition of OECD economies, between large sectors such as manufacturing and services. It presents several stylised facts on how these changes relate to inflation, labour productivity and real wage growth. First, manufacturing has fallen and services have risen, in terms of output shares. Second, differences between sectors can be marked. For example, inflation is lower in manufacturing than in services, and productivity and real wage growth is higher. Third, despite inter-sectoral variations, the changing structures of economies have no significant impact on productivity growth, and no apparent impact on inflation. Over our thirty year sample, structural change has slowed at the same time as productivity growth has held up. However, there is evidence of a dynamic relationship between structural change and productivity growth, and tentative signs of adjustment costs in downturns, consistent with flexible economies being quicker to recover following negative shocks.
Keywords: sectoral change, panel data, labour productivity, shift-share analysis
JEL Classification: C23, J24, O14
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
By James Ashley, Ronnie Driver, ...
-
Forecasting with Measurement Errors in Dynamic Models
By Richard Harrison, George Kapetanios, ...
-
By Philip Eckersley and Pamela Webber
-
The Impact of Government Spending on Demand Pressure
By Bob Hills, Ryland Thomas, ...
-
Introducing the Agents' Scores
By Colin Ellis
-
By Rachel Lomax
-
By George Kapetanios and Anthony Yates
-
Measuring Market Sector Activity in the United Kingdom
By Rohan Churm, Ryland Thomas, ...
-
What do Business Managers Think About Private Equity and Venture Capital?
By Colin Ellis
-
Gauging Capacity Pressures Within Businesses
By Colin Ellis