Investment-Specific Productivity Growth : Chile in a Global Perspective /

By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted sharply with the previous decade, when productivity grew by a cumulative 30 percent. This paper assesses productivity trends in Chile, by decomposing productivity into investmen...

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Autor principal: Di Bella, Gabriel
Otros Autores: Cerisola, Martin
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/264
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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Sumario:By the end of 2007, Chile's total factor productivity was lower than ten years earlier, a performance that contrasted sharply with the previous decade, when productivity grew by a cumulative 30 percent. This paper assesses productivity trends in Chile, by decomposing productivity into investment-specific technological change (associated with improvements in the quality of capital) and neutral technological change (related to the organization of productive activities). It concludes that investment-specific technological improvements have contributed significantly to long-term growth in Chile, in line with trends observed in other net commodity exporters, while neutral technological change has been slow.
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