Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162299 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 17-033/VI
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Measuring the dispersion of productivity or efficiency across firms in a market or industry is rife with methodological issues. Nevertheless, the existence of considerable dispersion now is well documented and widely accepted. Less well understood are the economic features and mechanisms underlying the magnitude of dispersion and how dispersion varies over time or across markets. On the one hand, selection mechanisms in both output and input markets should favor the most productive units through resource reallocation, thereby reducing dispersion. On the other hand, innovation and technological uncertainty tend to increase dispersion. This chapter presents a guide to measurement of dispersion and provides empirical evidence from a selection of countries and industries using a variety of methodologies.
Subjects: 
Productivity
Firm-level data
dispersion
volatility
JEL: 
D2
O3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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