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Do Technology-Intensive Activities Drive Industrial Labor Productivity Levels?

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  • Raúl Vázquez López

    (Institute of Economic Research (IIEc.) - National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Mexico City.)

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This article analyzes the contribution of technology-intensive activities to the increase in aggregate labor productivity in the industrial sector for a set of 28 countries, dividing 150 industrial classes into four groups based on their degree of technology content (High, Medium-High, Medium-Low and Low). After decomposing the evolution of labor productivity with a statistical method, it was found that these activities did not contribute significantly to the increase in the efficiency indicator. These exercises also corroborate the absence of a global structural change in industry that would drive levels of aggregate labor productivity.

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  • Raúl Vázquez López, 2016. "Do Technology-Intensive Activities Drive Industrial Labor Productivity Levels?," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, vol. 0(2), pages 123-150, November.
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    Keywords

    Industry; Structural Change; Productivity; Technology Change; Economic Development;
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    JEL classification:

    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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