The OECD Productivity Database (www.oecd.org/statistics/productivity) is a joint product of four OECD Directorates and aims at bringing together those series that are judged best suited for productivity analysis.

Recently released data confirm productivity slowdown ahead of crisis

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11-May-2009

Analysis of the current crisis tends to see a domino-like sequence of events triggered by the US sub-prime crisis in August 2007. But structural data from the real economy clearly show that the causes were not only financial.

The real economy and the crisis: revisiting productivity fundamentals

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30-Apr-2009

Discussions about the current crisis often present events in a sequence, such as that the US sub-prime crisis in August 2007 triggered a major inter-bank credit crisis, which transformed itself into a ...

Investment Data and Shares of ICT Investment in GDP and Total Non-residential GFCF

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19-Sep-2008

Estimates of investment levels and shares of ICT investment in GDP and in total non residential Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) permit the comparison of ICT investment across countries. The OECD estimates ...

OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators

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24-Apr-2008

The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators gathers a large number of indicators on productivity. This publication was designed to respond to a growing interest in internationally comparable statistics and indicators on productivity growth.

Capital Services by Type of Asset Based on Harmonised Price Indices for ICT Capital Goods

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30-Jul-2007

Capital services represent the capital input into production for the total economy. Presented as rates of change, they relate to the total economy, broken down by six types of assets. Price indices for ...

MFP based on Harmonised Price Indices for ICT Capital Goods, Capital Input, Cost Shares, Total factor Input

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30-Jul-2007

This file presents the Multi-factor Productivity for the total economy, computed as the difference between the rate of change of output and the rate of change of total inputs, and presented as a rate of ...

GDP per Capita - Data: Breakdown of GDP in its components and differentials in GDP per Capita and their Decomposition

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30-Jul-2007

Estimates of productivity levels and GDP per capita permit the comparison of standards of living and underlying factors across countries. The OECD estimates are based on GDP and employment from the OECD ...

Labour Productivity Levels - Data: GDP, Annual Hours Worked, Total Employment, Total Hours Worked, GDP per Hour Worked

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30-Jul-2007

Estimates of productivity levels and GDP per capita permit the comparison of standards of living and underlying factors across countries. The OECD estimates are based on GDP and employment from the OECD ...

Labour Productivity Growth - Data: GDP, Annual Hours Worked, Total Employment, Total Hours Worked, GDP per Hour Worked

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30-Jul-2007

Labour productivity is defined as GDP per hour worked; where GDP for each country refers to its Gross Domestic Product, in national currency, at constant prices, OECD base year 2000, and output for country ...

Labour Productivity by Broad Economic Activity - Data derived from OECD System of Unit Labour Costs Indicators

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14-May-2007

Annual labour productivity series by broad economic activity (total economy, manufacturing, industry, construction, trade transport & communication, finance & business services, market services, ...

Just Released

This compendium presents a large number of indicators on productivity and includes methodological notes which describe the measurement challenges, data choices, and remaining measurement problems.

OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2008

OECD Productivity Manual

This is the first comprehensive guide to the various productivity measures and addresses statisticians, researchers and analysts who are involved in constructing industry-level productivity indicators.

OECD Productivity Manual: A Guide to the Measurement of Industry-Level and Aggregate Productivity Growth