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The rise of services and convergence in labor productivity among countries

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  • Bisrat Kinfemichael

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Studies of economic convergence among countries usually focus on per capita GDP or on a particular sector, such as labor productivity in the manufacturing sector. Using value-added data from the United Nations Statistics Division’s National Accounts and employment data from the International Labour Organization (ILO), we compile labor productivity data for 160 countries for the period 1991–2016 in order to examine labor productivity convergence for broad sectors and for the aggregate economy. The results demonstrate the emergence of convergence in labor productivity among countries. The rate of convergence increases significantly when we consider only 141 countries, excluding the low-income countries. The sectoral convergence test reveals that the service sector is the leading force behind the recently observed catching-up in labor productivity among countries, followed by manufacturing. Reallocation of labor across sectors seems to have increased aggregate productivity in developing countries while reducing it in developed countries.

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  • Bisrat Kinfemichael, 2019. "The rise of services and convergence in labor productivity among countries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(21), pages 1749-1755, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:26:y:2019:i:21:p:1749-1755
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1593933
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    1. Roberts, Simon H. & Foran, Barney D. & Axon, Colin J. & Stamp, Alice V., 2021. "Is the service industry really low-carbon? Energy, jobs and realistic country GHG emissions reductions," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 292(C).
    2. Valentina Constanta Tudor & Toma Adrian Dinu & Marius Vladu & Dragoș Smedescu & Ionela Mituko Vlad & Eduard Alexandru Dumitru & Cristina Maria Sterie & Carmen Luiza Costuleanu, 2022. "Labour Implications on Agricultural Production in Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-22, July.

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