Productivity Measurement and Analysis.

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Productivity measurement and analysis are the main topics addressed in this book, which brings together contributions presented and discussed in two international workshops organized by the Statistics Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the OECD. The first workshop was organized jointly by the OECD with Fundaccion BBVA and the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas and held in Madrid in October 2005, and the second one was organized jointly by the OECD and the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the State Secretary for Economic.  Read more... Introduction -- OECD Workshops on Productivity Analysis and Measurement -- Productivity Growth and Innovation in OECD -- The Role of ICT on the Spanish Productivity Slowdown -- Multi-Factor Productivity Measurement -- Innovation and Labour Productivity Growth in Switzerland -- On the Importance of Using Comparable Labour Input to Make International Comparison of Productivity Levels -- Labour Productivity Based on Integrated Labour Accounts -- Are those Who Bring Work Home Really Working Longer Hours? -- Main Sources of Quarterly Labour Productivity Data for the Euro Area -- U.S. Quarterly Productivity Measures -- Labour Input Productivity -- Changes in Human Capital -- International Comparisons of Levels of Capital Input and Multi-Factor Productivity -- Research and Development as a Value Creating Asset -- Empirical Analysis of the Effects of R & D on Productivity -- Infrastructures and New Technologies -- New Technologies and the Growth of Capital Services -- Productivity Measurement at Statistics Netherlands -- Sectoral Productivity in the United States -- Estimates of Industry Level Multifactor Productivity in Australia -- Shopping With Friends Give More Fun How Competition, Innovation and Productivity Relate in Dutch Retail Trade -- Economic Growth in Sweden, New Measurements -- Estimates of Labor and Total Factor Productivity by 72 Industries in Korea (1970-2003) -- List of Contributors.