Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7349126 | Economics Letters | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We assess time-variation in labor productivity growth for a broad set of OECD countries over the period 1960-2016. The analysis utilizes a quarterly dataset and takes full account of the intensive labor margin. We apply 'data-hungry' endogenous break tests and time-varying parameters median-unbiased estimation. While the decline in labor productivity growth is particularly striking for European countries and Japan, it is rather mild in Anglo-Saxon economies.
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Authors
Christian Glocker, Philipp Wegmueller,