Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7349009 Economics Letters 2018 12 Pages PDF
Abstract
Hourly labor productivity levels from the national accounts cannot be compared across countries, as national statistical offices use different data sources and methodologies to calculate hours worked. I compute a new, internationally comparable measure of hours worked for 25 OECD countries, and discuss the implications for productivity rankings.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Economics, Econometrics and Finance Economics and Econometrics
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