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French and German Productivity Levels in Manufacturing: A Comparison Based on the Industry-of -Origin Method

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Michael Freudenberg
Deniz Unal-Kesenci

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The major problem with international comparisons of output and productivity levels is finding a suitable conversion factor to express output in a common monetary unit. Commonly used approaches applying purchasing power parities or market exchange rates have important methodological inconveniences. This study on France's and West Germany's manufacturing sector is based on the so-called 'industry-of-origin' method, where producer price ratios are used as conversion factors. These producer price ratios are based on ex-factory unit values for about 240 products corresponding to some 18% of total manufacturing.

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Paper provided by CEPII research center in its series Working Papers with number 1994-10.

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Keywords: Productivity; France; Germany; international comparison;

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E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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  1. Ark, Bart van & Kouwenhoven, Remco D.J., 1994. "Productivity in French manufacturing : an international comparative perspective," GGDC Research Memorandum 199410, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen. [Downloadable!]
  2. van Ark, Bart, 1990. "Comparative Levels of Manufacturing Productivity in Postwar Europe: Measurement and Comparisons," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 52(4), pages 343-74, Special I.
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  4. Irving B. Kravis & Robert E. Lipsey, 1992. "The International Comparison Program: Current Status and Problems," NBER Working Papers 3304, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Kravis, Irving B, 1976. "A Survey of International Comparisons of Productivity," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 86(341), pages 1-44, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. van Ark, Bart & Maddison, Angus, 1988. "Comparisons of real output in manufacturing," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Agnes Chevallier & Deniz Unal-Kesenci, 2001. "La productivite des industries mediterraneennes," Working Papers 2001-16, CEPII research center. [Downloadable!]
  2. Börsch-Supan, Axel, 1997. "Capital productivity and the nature of competition," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 97-21, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]
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