Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149115 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 16-02
Publisher: 
University of Bern, Department of Economics, Bern
Abstract: 
This paper provides international evidence on time-variation in trend productivity growth, based on the dataset for hours worked constructed by Ohanian & Raffo (2012). Applying both the endogenous break tests of Bai & Perron (1998, 2003) and the Stock & Watson (1996, 1998) TVP-MUB methodology, substantial evidence of time-variation in trend productivity growth is detected for most countries. For either Japan, or countries belonging to the Eurozone, evidence points towards a significant growth decline over the last several decades. Weaker evidence is reported for the United States, for which the 1990's productivity acceleration is estimated to have been overall mild, and of a temporary nature.
Subjects: 
Labor productivity
structural break tests
time-varying parameters
median-unbiased estimation
bootstrapping
Monte Carlo integration
JEL: 
E30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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