Cross-Country Productivity Performance at Sector Level:
the UK Compared with the US, France and Germany

A report by National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London

This report compares estimates of UK productivity with that in the US, France and Germany, to a 3-digit Standard Industrial Classification level of sectoral detail. Using new measures of labour and capital inputs, Average Labour Productivity is estimated and analysed in terms of the contribution of factor inputs and Total Factor Productivity using a Growth Accounting methodology.

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Appendix tables (2,090Kb)
UK data (465Kb)
US data (365Kb)
Germany data (308Kb)
France data (259Kb)