What drives firm and sectoral productivity in the United Kingdom and in selected European countries?

Eun Jung Kim ; Annabelle Mourougane ; Mark Baker

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: barriers to trade and investment;    sectoral;    productivity;    firm-level;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/36ceb723-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

This paper examines the link between barriers to trade and investment and productivity performance, in the United Kingdom and selected European countries using both firm-level and sectoral data. Barriers to trade and investment appear to be a robust determinant of productivity in the long term. Control variables such as spending on R&D and human capital also play a role, though their effects depend on the way they are measured or on the sample. The results are robust across a range of productivity measures as well as to changes in the sectoral coverage and the set of controls.