Why is productivity so dispersed?

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dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorHaskel, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorNeely, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-25T16:10:34Z
dc.date.available2009-03-25T16:10:34Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractMany papers have documented wide variations in productivity even in narrowly defined industries. Some have argued that this primarily reflects measurement problems due, for example, to comparing across different products. Others argue that this reflects persistent differences in performance due, for example, to management. This paper looks at productivity differences not within an industry but within a firm. We use data on productivity of different branches within lines of business of a major UK-based wholesaler. Using these productivity data for comparisons is, we argue, more likely to compare like with like than comparing between firms. We document sustained differences in productivity even between branches within the same line of business. We also discuss the extent to which they are correlated with differences in management and find that such differences ‘account’ for around 40 per cent of the difference in productivity.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGriffith,R.; Haskel,J.; Neely,A.; Why is productivity so dispersed? Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22, 4, 513-525.en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0266-903X
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grj030
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/3304
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherOxford Univesity Pressen_UK
dc.rightsThis is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Oxford Review of Economic Policy following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Griffith,R.; Haskel,J.; Neely,A.; Why is productivity so dispersed? Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22, 4, 513-525 is available online at: DOI:10.1093/oxrep/grj030.
dc.titleWhy is productivity so dispersed?en_UK
dc.typePostprinten_UK

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