Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001

The purpose of this paper is to estimate total factor productivity growth by sector of activity for the Chilean economy in 1986-2001. The main problem that we face is the lack of data on the stock of capital by sector for the whole period. We design a methodology to generate capital stock series by...

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Autores principales:	VERGARA,RODRIGO, RIVERO,ROSARIO
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2006
Materias:	Productivity Activity Sectors Growth
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-682120060001000052006-10-13Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001VERGARA,RODRIGORIVERO,ROSARIO Productivity Activity Sectors Growth The purpose of this paper is to estimate total factor productivity growth by sector of activity for the Chilean economy in 1986-2001. The main problem that we face is the lack of data on the stock of capital by sector for the whole period. We design a methodology to generate capital stock series by sector. After adjusting the generated series on the stock of capital by an utilization factor and the employment series by their relative quality, we estimate TFP by sector. Our results indicate that the sector with the largest productivity increase in this period has been commerce. Our results match evidence from other countries where it has been found that the sectors with the largest increase in productivity are those sectors that use intensively information technologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos de economía v.43 n.127 20062006-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212006000100005es10.4067/S0717-68212006000100005
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description	The purpose of this paper is to estimate total factor productivity growth by sector of activity for the Chilean economy in 1986-2001. The main problem that we face is the lack of data on the stock of capital by sector for the whole period. We design a methodology to generate capital stock series by sector. After adjusting the generated series on the stock of capital by an utilization factor and the employment series by their relative quality, we estimate TFP by sector. Our results indicate that the sector with the largest productivity increase in this period has been commerce. Our results match evidence from other countries where it has been found that the sectors with the largest increase in productivity are those sectors that use intensively information technology
author	VERGARA,RODRIGO RIVERO,ROSARIO
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title	Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001
title_short	Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001
title_full	Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001
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title_full_unstemmed	Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001
title_sort	productividad sectorial en chile: 1986-2001
publisher	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Productividad Sectorial en Chile: 1986-2001

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