This book was produced by the team of the Global Forum on Productivity at the OECD Economics Department and the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate. It was prepared under the general supervision of Álvaro Pereira, Luiz De Mello, Alain de Serres, Jerry Sheehan, Asa Johansson, Isabell Koske, and Jens Lundsgaard, and managed by Mame Fatou Diagne, Guy Lalanne, and Filiz Unsal.
Chapter 1 was prepared by Luca Marcolin with substantive contributions by Dirk Pilat as external expert. Valuable inputs by Flavio Calvino, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Peter Gal, Andrew Green, and Rudy Verlhac are gratefully acknowledged.
Chapter 2 is based on the OECD Productivity Working Paper, “The Best versus the Rest: The Global Productivity Slowdown, Divergence across Firms and the Role of Public Policy”, by Dan Andrews, Chiara Criscuolo and Peter Gal.
Chapter 3 is based on the OECD Productivity Working Paper, “GVC centrality and productivity: Are hubs key to firm performance?”, by Chiara Criscuolo and Jonathan Timmis.
Chapter 4 is based on the OECD Productivity Working Paper, “The human side of productivity: Uncovering the role of skills and diversity for firm productivity”, by Chiara Criscuolo, Peter Gal, Timo Leidecker, and Giuseppe Nicoletti.
Chapter 5 is based on the 2024 Economic Outlook chapter, “Understanding labour shortages: the structural forces at play”, by Christophe André and Luca Marcolin, and working papers by Yann Dorville, Francesco Filippucci, Katharina Laengle and Luca Marcolin.
Chapter 6 is based on the OECD Productivity Working Paper, “Pro-Productivity institutions at work: Country practices and new insights on their set-up and functioning”, by Filippo Cavassini, Chiara Criscuolo, Francesca Papa and Fatima Talidi.
Editorial support was provided by Alexandra Purtell Jordan, Sumaya Quillian and Veronica Humi, in coordination with Nikolaj Broberg, Sarah Michelson and Charles-Édouard Van de Put.
Correspondence address: Luca.Marcolin@oecd.org and Productivity@oecd.org.