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Changes in the productivity of labour and vertically integrated sectors — an empirical study for Italy

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  • Garbellini, Nadia
  • Wirkierman, Ariel

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The object of this paper is to derive measures for the changes in physical labour productivity and to apply them to the case of Italy during the 1995-2000 period. Firstly, section 1, introduces the historical development of selected literature on labour productivity measurement using the notion of vertically integrated sectors and derives measures computable from actual data. In the second place,section 2 describes the series utilised and presents the computation of the previously derived measures. Thirdly, section 3 presents the main results, introducing a typology according to which characterize the determinants behind changes in physical labour productivity, and draws implications for the particular case under study. Some final comments are given in section 4.

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  • Garbellini, Nadia & Wirkierman, Ariel, 2009. "Changes in the productivity of labour and vertically integrated sectors — an empirical study for Italy," MPRA Paper 18871, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. William Gossling & Folke Dovring, 1966. "Labor Productivity Measurement: The Use of Subsystems in the Interindustry Approach, and Some Approximating Alternatives," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 48(2), pages 369-377.
    2. Oscar De Juan & Eladio Febrero, 2000. "Measuring Productivity from Vertically Integrated Sectors," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 65-82.
    3. Gupta, S & Steedman, Ian, 1971. "An Input-Output Study of Labour Productivity in the British Economy," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 33(1), pages 21-34, February.
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    2. Nadia Garbellini & Ariel Luis Wirkierman, 2014. "Pasinetti's 'Structural Change and Economic Growth': A Conceptual Excursus," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(2), pages 234-257, April.

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    Keywords

    Labour productivity measurement; Vertically integrated sectors; Input-Output analysis.;
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    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
    • C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models

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