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Table of contents

Level 1 Item Foreword
Level 1 Item Table of contents
Level 1 Item Abbreviations
Level 1 Item Executive summary
Level 1 Item 1. Introduction
Level 2 Item 1.1 Background
Level 3 Item 1.1.1 Overseas studies
Level 3 Item 1.1.2 Australian studies
Level 2 Item 1.2 Scope and coverage
Level 2 Item 1.3 Structure of the report
Level 1 Item 2. Broad trends in service industries
Level 2 Item 2.1 The share of services in GDP
Level 2 Item 2.2 Reasons for the increasing share of services in GDP
Level 2 Item 2.3 Structural changes
Level 2 Item 2.4 Employment in services
Level 2 Item 2.5 Trade in services
Level 1 Item 3. A brief review of technological developments
Level 2 Item 3.1 The ICT revolution
Level 2 Item 3.2 Quality-adjusted price indexation problems
Level 2 Item 3.3 The ICT revolution in services
Level 2 Item 3.4 Non-ICT related technological innovations in service industries
Level 2 Item 3.5 Capital expenditure on ICT equipment
Level 2 Item 3.6 Surveys of firms
Level 3 Item 3.6.1 Survey of the business use of information technology
Level 3 Item 3.6.2 Applications of firm-based surveys
Level 1 Item 4. Estimating productivity growth
Level 2 Item 4.1 Labour productivity growth
Level 2 Item 4.2 Some observations on sectoral LP growth rates
Level 2 Item 4.3 MFP growth and capital deepening
Level 3 Item 4.3.1 The analytical framework
Level 3 Item 4.3.2 The MFP estimates used
Level 3 Item 4.3.3 Estimating the productivity effect of falling ICT prices
Level 3 Item 4.3.4 Different estimates of the effect of ICT capital deepening
Level 2 Item 4.4 Allocation to sub-sectors
Level 1 Item 5. Explanatory variables
Level 2 Item 5.1 The broad factors driving growth
Level 2 Item 5.2 Technological variables
Level 3 Item 5.2.1 Capital and investment based indicators
Level 3 Item 5.2.2 Ratio of ICT investment to value-added
Level 3 Item 5.2.3 ICT investment per working hour
Level 3 Item 5.2.4 Capital intensity
Level 2 Item 5.3 Labour productivity growth in OECD countries
Level 2 Item 5.4 Rising education standards
Level 2 Item 5.5 Indicators of workplace relations
Level 3 Item 5.5.1 Reduction in union membership
Level 3 Item 5.5.2 Award pay coverage
Level 3 Item 5.5.3 Loss of days due to industrial disputes
Level 2 Item 5.6 Infrastructure reforms
Level 2 Item 5.7 Correlations
Level 2 Item 5.8 Factor groups
Level 2 Item 5.9 Heavy and light ICT users
Level 1 Item 6. Regression-based decomposition analysis
Level 2 Item 6.1 Some regression results
Level 2 Item 6.2 Further explanations about regressions and decomposition
Level 3 Item 6.2.1 The general framework
Level 3 Item 6.2.2 Decomposing contributions to productivity growth
Level 3 Item 6.2.3 Regressions without a constant term
Level 3 Item 6.2.4 Regressions with individual explanatory variables
Level 3 Item 6.2.5 Multi-period regressions
Level 2 Item 6.3 Conclusions from the regressions
Level 3 Item 6.3.1 Decomposition based on MFP growth
Level 3 Item 6.3.2 Disembodied knowledge
Level 3 Item 6.3.3 Caveats and conclusions
Level 1 Item Appendices
Level 2 Item Appendices table of contents
Level 2 Item A The theory and measurement of productivity growth
Level 3 Item A.1 Key concepts
Level 3 Item A.2 The mathematical framework
Level 3 Item A.3 Possible generalisations
Level 3 Item A.4 Extensions used in ICT-related studies
Level 3 Item A.5 Further explanations with growth accounting
Level 3 Item A.6 A few notes on growth theories
Level 2 Item B. Productivity growth data used in the statistical analysis
Level 2 Item C. Labour productivity growth in seven OECD countries
Level 2 Item D. Explanatory variables related to changes over time
Level 2 Item E. Correlations
Level 2 Item F. Composite factors
Level 2 Item G. Regression results
Level 3 Item G.1 Multifactor productivity growth regressions
Level 3 Item G.2 Regressions of labour productivity growth
Level 2 Item H. Revised manufacturing estimates
Level 3 Item H.1 The new data
Level 3 Item H.2 New correlation results
Level 3 Item H.3 Indications from the regressions
Level 3 Item H.4 New decomposition estimates
Level 3 Item H.5 Regression results
Level 1 Item References
 
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