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Productivity In The Service Sector

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  • Hartmut Fest

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Un fenómeno observado en la práctica totalidad de las economías occidentales ha sido el distinto ritmo de avance, tanto de la productividad de trabajo como de la productividad total de los factores, en el sector servicios y en el de las manufacturas. El crecimiento más lento del primero se ha explicado acudiendo a distintas razones, entre las cuáles caben destacar los siguientes: problemas conceptuales y de medida; el más bajo potencial de los servicios para incorporar nuevas tecnologías; y la mayor protección de los servicios frente a la competencia tanto internacional como nacional. El documento se centra en los problemas teóricos de medida que plantean las convenciones estadísticas adaptadas por los paises y en la descripción de los desarrollos más recientes en la medida del output. Estos desarrollos tienen como objetivo prioritario la medición de los cambios en la calidad, bien a través de la utilización de índeces hedónicos de precios (hedonic price indexes) 6 bien midiendo los cambios en calidad en términos de sus efectos sobre el bienestar haciendo uso de la teoría de la demanda de características. El documento concluye con la enumeración de los problemas pendientes que deben figurar de forma prioritaria en la agenda de trabajo de la OCDE An observed phenomenon in practically 41 westem countries has been the different evolution rhythm of the work productivity as well as of the total factor productivity in the service and manufacturing sectors. The view and measure problems, the lower potential of the services in incorporating new technologies and the greater protection of the services against international and national competition stand out as the main reasons, amongst others, assessed to the growth slowdown of the work productivity. The paper concentrates on the theoretical problems of measure posed by the adopted statistical conventions and the description of the fresher developments in the measure of the output. The main purpose of these developments is the measure of the changes in quality, either by means of the use of hedonic price indexes or measuring the changes in terms of their effect on the welfare making use of the characteristics demand theory. The paper finishes enumerating the pending problems which should take pnority in the work agenda of the OECD researchers.

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  • Hartmut Fest, 1990. "Productivity In The Service Sector," Working Papers. Serie EC 1990-03, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasec:1990-03
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