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EU Industry Database

The EU industry database contains three databases that have been developed in conjunction with the study conducted by Mary O’Mahony and Bart van Ark (editors), EU Productivity and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process? (European Commission, 2003).

The first database (Industry Labour Productivity Database) is an industry database on labour productivity including series on value added and labour input covering 56 industries for all 15 EU member states and the US allowing output and labour productivity growth comparisons.

The second database (Industry Growth Accounting Database) was constructed for four European countries (France, Germany, Netherlands and UK) and the US allowing calculation of the contribution to growth from labour skills, (ICT-)capital and total factor productivity.

The third database (Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labour Cost Database) contains relative measures of levels of productivity and unit labour cost in manufacturing, with relative levels being derived on the basis of unit value ratios (UVRs).

Detailed descriptions Sources and Methods for all three databases are given separately.

1. Industry Labour Productivity Database
Data and further information may be downloaded from the Groningen Growth and Development Centre

The Industry Labour Productivity Database provides a comprehensive internationally comparable dataset on industrial performance at a detailed industry level for the 15 EU countries and the US. Variables covered include current value added, value added deflators, persons engaged, number of employees, hours worked and labour compensation for 56 industries for the period 1979-2001.

Detailed descriptions of sources and methods are given in separate files as well as in Chapter VII of the study, which is separately included. A detailed example of the computation of aggregate deflators using the Törnqvist index is giving in a separate example-file.

  
2. Industry Growth Accounting Database

For the Industry Growth Accounting Database, data on labour skills (three categories) and investment and capital services (3 ICT asset categories and 3 non-ICT categories) have been constructed for the US and 4 European countries (France, Germany, The Netherlands and the UK) in addition to the output and labour input estimates from the Industry Labour Productivity Database. This allows for a decomposition of output growth into into the contributions of quantity and quality of labour and capital, and total factor productivity using the growth accounting methodology.

Detailed descriptions of sources and methods are given in Chapter VII of the study, which is separately. A detailed example of the calculation of quantities and quality of labour and capital to aggregate growth is giving in a separate example-file.

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•        France
•        Germany
•        Netherlands
•        United Kingdom
United States

3. Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labour Cost Database
Data and further information may be downloaded from the Groningen Growth and Development Centre

The Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labour Cost Database consists of relative levels of productivity and unit labour cost for 20 manufacturing industries for 14 countries in the European Union and the United States. The estimates are based on unit value ratios, which are industry-specific conversion factors derived on the basis of relative producer prices, for 1997.

Detailed descriptions of sources and methods are given in Chapter VII of the study, which is separately included.

•    Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labour Cost Database

4. Calculation Examples

•    Example for contribution calculation: detailed example of the calculation of quantities and quality of labour and capital to aggregate growth.
•    Example for Törnqvist calculation: detailed example of computation of aggregate deflators using the Törnqvist index is giving in a separate example-file.