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Comparative in British and American Manufacturing

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  • Bart van Ark

    (University of Groningen)

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This article presents the results of a benchmark comparison of the relative level of manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom and the United States for 1987. It shows value added per hour worked in the UK at 58 per cent of the corresponding level in the United States. The UK appears to show relatively high productivity levels in basic goods industries, including textiles, chemicals and basic metals. The benchmark results are extrapolated backwards to 1968 and forwards to 1990, showing a narrowing of some ten percentage points of the productivity gap between the two countries. It is also shown that differences in capital intensity account for only a small part of the productivity gap.

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  • Bart van Ark, 1992. "Comparative in British and American Manufacturing," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 142(1), pages 63-74, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:niesru:v:142:y:1992:i:1:p:63-74
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    1. Ark, Bart van & Kouwenhoven, Remco D.J., 1994. "Productivity in French manufacturing : an international comparative perspective," GGDC Research Memorandum 199410, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen.
    2. J. E. Birnie & D. M. W. N. Hitchens, 1998. "Productivity and Income Per Capita Convergence in a Peripheral European Economy: The Irish Experience," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 223-234.
    3. Nicolas Grinberg, 2023. "From the British to the Chinese Periphery: Capital Accumulation Through Primary-Commodity Production in Australia and Argentina," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 65(2), pages 288-323, June.
    4. Cameron, Gavin & Proudman, James & Redding, Stephen, 2005. "Technological convergence, R&D, trade and productivity growth," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 49(3), pages 775-807, April.
    5. Peter Hooper & Elizabeth Vranlovich, 1995. "International comparisons of the levels of unit labor costs in manufacturing," International Finance Discussion Papers 527, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    6. repec:dgr:rugggd:200251 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Broadberry, S. N., 1995. "Comparative productivity levels in manufacturing since the Industrial Revolution: Lessons from Britain, America, Germany and Japan," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 71-95, March.
    8. repec:dgr:rugggd:199410 is not listed on IDEAS
    9. Ark, Bart van & Timmer, Marcel & Inklaar, Robert, 2002. "The Canada-U.S. manufacturing productivity gap revisited: new ICOP results," GGDC Research Memorandum 200251, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen.

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