OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2013.

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Productivity is a key source of economic growth and competitiveness and, as such, we need internationally comparable measures for assessing economic performance. The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2013 presents a comprehensive overview of recent and longer term trends in productivity levels and growth in OECD countries. It also highlights some of the key measurement issues faced when compiling cross-country comparable productivity indicators.  Read more... Foreword Table of Contents Executive summary Reader's Guide Why productivity matters Aim and content of the 2013 Compendium of Productivity Indicators Country, time and industry coverage Access to the underlying data Productivity growth and convergence Growth in GDP per capita GDP per capita levels Labour productivity growth Alternative income measures Labour, capital and multifactor productivity Growth accounts The role of multifactor productivity Capital productivity Sector productivity Labour productivity by main activity Sector composition of total economy productivity. Labour productivity of business sector servicesSector composition of services productivity Productivity, trade and international competitiveness Unit labour costs International competitiveness Trade and productivity Productivity over the cycle Labour productivity growth -- trend versus cycle Determinants of trend productivity growth Multifactor productivity over the cycle Methodological annexes Annex A. The OECD Productivity Databases PDB and PDBi Annex B. Measuring hours worked Annex C. Capital input measures at the OECD. Annex D. ISIC Rev. 4 -- a new classification for industrial statisticsAnnex E. Measuring producer prices and productivity growth in services.