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Note: All data on labor productivity and its sources are from Conference Board, Total Economy Database.
Peru in comparative perspective: TFP growth
Where does productivity come from?
Advanced countries:
technological innovation, R&D, new products and processes
Developing countries:
adoption and adaptation of existing technologies
structural change
creation (or expansion) of industries that exist elsewhere but are new to
country
movement of resources (labor) from traditional to modern activities
from traditional agriculture to modern industry and services
from informal to formal activities
Where does productivity come from?
Advanced countries:
technological innovation, R&D, new products and processes
Developing countries:
adoption and adaptation of existing technologies
structural change
creation (or expansion) of industries that exist elsewhere but are new to
country
movement of resources (labor) from traditional to modern activities
from traditional agriculture to modern industry and services
from informal to formal activities
Labor productivity gaps across sectors
Labor productivity gaps among firms
Peru in 2017
Moreover, manufacturing has been trending
down everywhere at a rapid clip over long term
Employment
Manufacturing employment share, non-manufactures exporters Manufacturing employment share, manufactures exporters
estimated period coefficients estimated period coefficients
(with 95% confidence intervals) (with 95% confidence intervals)
0 0
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000+ 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000+
-0.02 -0.02
-0.04 -0.04
-0.06 -0.06
-0.08 -0.08
-0.1 -0.1
-0.12 -0.12
-0.14 -0.14
0.02 0.02
0 0
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000+ 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000+
-0.02 -0.02
-0.04 -0.04
-0.06 -0.06
-0.08 -0.08
-0.1 -0.1
-0.12 -0.12
-0.14 -0.14