Productivity Slowdown Analysis for Five Advanced Economies

This dataset supports a quantitative assessment of labor productivity slowdowns, comparing the post-2005 period with the preceding decade for five advanced economies. It includes secondary data on industry-level and country-level productivity, international trade, markups, concentration, and entry-exit.

Use Cases

• Analyze the contribution of TFP and capital deepening to the observed 0.8 to 1.8 percentage point productivity slowdown across five economies.
• Investigate sectoral reallocation effects, with a focus on manufacturing's share of the productivity slowdown.
• Model the relationship between the growth of intangible capital and productivity spillovers using industry-level data.
• Assess the impact of international trade slowdowns on allocative efficiency growth at the country level.

Strengths

• Analysis covers five advanced economies, providing a cross-country perspective.
• Quantitatively assesses multiple explanations for a measured slowdown of 0.8 to 1.8 percentage points.
• Includes sectoral analysis, identifying manufacturing as the biggest sectoral contributor to the slowdown.

Limitations

• Specific data structure, column definitions, and row counts are not provided.
• The analysis is focused on a specific historical period (post-2005 vs. preceding decade), limiting temporal generalizability.
• Geographic coverage is limited to five advanced economies, which may not represent global trends.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Secondary data compilation for industry-level and country-level analysis.

Time Range

Compares the post-2005 period with the preceding decade.

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

Five advanced economies (specific countries not listed).