Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109138 
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Year of Publication: 
16-Apr-2015
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel und Hamburg
Abstract: 
This paper uses a long time series of German employment data to test the theory of Ngai & Pissarides (2007). The theory suggests that the shift of employment shares from manufacturing to services is due to divergent growth rates of total factor productivity (TFP) in the two sectors. To test the theoretical predictions, I use the "Establishment History Panel" together with sectoral data on total factor productivity. The results confirm the theoretical predictions, i.e. they show a negative relationship between employment growth and TFP growth.
Subjects: 
Structural Change
Economic Growth
Total Factor Productivity
JEL: 
L16
O14
O40
D24
Document Type: 
Preprint

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