IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/revinw/v36y1990i1p1-30.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Comparisons Of Purchasing Power, Real Output And Labour Productivity In Manufacturing In Japan, South Korea And The U.S.A., 1975–85

Author

Listed:
  • Adam Szirmai
  • Dirk Pilat

Abstract

This study presents binary comparisons of real output and labour productivity in manufacturing in Japan, South Korea and the U.S.A. in 1975, made according to an “industry of origin approach.” The 1975 benchmark comparisons have been updated to 1985. Value added per hour worked in Japanese manufacturing increased from 54 percent of the U.S. level in 1975 to 76 percent in 1985. In certain important branches such as electrical machinery, metal products and machinery and transport equipment, productivity leadership shifted to Japan. In South Korea, labour productivity in manufacturing increased rapidly from 1975 to 1985, both in absolute terms and relative to the U.S.A. Nevertheless, in 1985 value added per hour worked was only 14 percent of the U.S. level.

Suggested Citation

  • Adam Szirmai & Dirk Pilat, 1990. "Comparisons Of Purchasing Power, Real Output And Labour Productivity In Manufacturing In Japan, South Korea And The U.S.A., 1975–85," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 36(1), pages 1-30, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:36:y:1990:i:1:p:1-30
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1990.tb00259.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.1990.tb00259.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1475-4991.1990.tb00259.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:36:y:1990:i:1:p:1-30. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/iariwea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.