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The Convergence of Labour Productivity in British and German Industries

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When a Galtonian cross-section regression model is used to analyse data on the relative labour productivity of 30 British and German manufacturing industries 1960-1989, it is found that there are strong tendencies for labour productivity in the two countries to converge. This is particularly true for 1960-73 and for 1979-89, when there was Galtonian regression towards the (geometric) mean level of relative productivity. There was no tendency for the relative advantage or disadvantage of an industry to persist over time. When an errors-in-variables model is used, it is found that reverse regression and lagged value instrumental variable estimators do not indicate that the OLS estimators in the Galtonian model are usually biased downwards and in fact confirm the direction of the Galtonian regression.

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  • Peter Hart, 1995. "The Convergence of Labour Productivity in British and German Industries," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(3), pages 453-463.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ijecbs:v:2:y:1995:i:3:p:453-463
    DOI: 10.1080/758538016
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    1. KHAZABI, Massoud & FALLAHI, F., 2008. "Knowledge-Based Labor Productivity Improvements: Canada Case Study, 1961-2004," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 8(1), pages 98-106.
    2. Kaveri Deb & William R. Hauk, 2017. "RCA indices, multinational production and the Ricardian trade model," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 1-25, January.

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