A consistent measure of hours worked for international productivity comparisons

Asger M. Wingender

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.009

A consistent measure of hours worked for international productivity comparisons

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	166
Pages (from-to)	14-17
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0165-1765
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.009
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018

Keywords

GDP per hour
Hours worked
National accounts
Productivity

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