Productivity
Introduction
The global competitiveness of a country’s workforce and improvements in its living standards are integrally linked to its productivity growth. Consequently, understanding the sources of productivity growth, documenting the impacts of trade and other structural changes on productivity growth, and accurately measuring productivity are important for policy.Issues
- How do public policies and private sector workplace practices affect productivity growth?
- How does public v. private ownership affect productivity?
- What is the impact of international trade on productivity?
- How has the growth of globalization complicated productivity measurement and other economic statistics? What can be done to improve the data?
Selected Institute
Research
Offshoring Bias in U.S. ManufacturingSusan N. Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute
Christopher Kurz, Federal Reserve Board
Paul Lengermann, Federal Reserve Board
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Board
Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(2): 111-132, 2011
Offshoring and Import Price Measurement
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute
Survey of Current Business (February): 7-11, 2011
Not All Productivity Gains are the Same. Here's Why.
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute
What Matters/McKinsey&Company June 1, 2011
Measurement Issues Arising from the Growth of Globalization
Conference partially supported by W.E. Upjohn Institute
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute, Organizer
Washington, DC, November 6-7, 2009
- World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations: Conference Program
- Measurement Issues Arising from the Growth of Globalization: Conference Summary
- Report Appendix - Conference Papers
- Briefing Presentation
See
“Portion of Gains Could Be an Illusion,” Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2010
“Economists Seek to Fix a Defect in Data That Overstates the Nation’s
Vigor,” New York Times , November 8, 2009
“Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in U.S. Manufacturing”
Susan Houseman, Upjohn Institute
International Labour Review 146(1-2): 61-80, 2007
Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis
J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
John Earle, Upjohn Institute
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 08-141, August 2008