Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/61322 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1217
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Previous research shows that technical progress at the industry level, measured by sectoral TFP growth, is more localized in continental European countries than in Anglo-Saxon countries. We use EU KLEMS data sets to decompose sectoral TFP for nine European countries by means of a Malmquist approach, in order to separate technical change. Applying Harberger diagrams, we describe the sectoral patterns of technical progress. The analysis reveals that in most European countries technological progress is much more evenly distributed across sectors than TFP.
Subjects: 
Total Factor Productivity
Generalized Malmquist Productivity Index
sectoral technical change
JEL: 
O14
O47
E23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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